pass the baton to sb
常用于比喻移交责任或权力。
After 20 years as CEO, she passed the baton to her successor.
担任首席执行官20年后，她把接力棒交给了继任者。
指挥棒
batons — plural of baton
用于多种用途的棍棒或警棍。；指挥家用来指挥乐队或合唱团的细长棒；元帅或类似高级军官的礼仪权杖。；主要由警察使用的短而粗的棍棒；音乐演出中指挥家使用的指挥棒。
a thin stick that narrows toward one end, used by a conductor to direct an orchestra or choir
仅指指挥乐队或合唱团用的指挥棒。
用于多种用途的棍棒或警棍。
A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes.
指挥家用来指挥乐队或合唱团的细长棒
a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir
元帅或类似高级军官的礼仪权杖。
A ceremonial staff of a field marshal or a similar high-ranking military office.
主要由警察使用的短而粗的棍棒
a short stout club used primarily by policemen
音乐演出中指挥家使用的指挥棒。
The stick of a conductor in musical performances.
一些官员携带的象征职位或权力的短杖
a short staff carried by some officials to symbolize an office or an authority
接力赛中运动员传递的物品。
An object transferred by runners in a relay race.
军乐队表演、体操运动或杂技中旋转的棍棒。
A rod twirled in a marching band's performance, in a gymnastic sport, or in juggling.
一种两端切掉的弯曲符号,类似权杖,通常位于左下方,用作身份标记,最初用于合法与非婚生子女,后来主要用于非婚生子女。
A bend with the ends cut off, resembling a baton, typically borne sinister, and often used as a mark of cadency, initially for both legitimate and illegitimate children, but later chiefly for illegitimate children.
一种短而垂直的轻质立柱,不埋入地下,用于分隔围栏中的铁丝。
A short vertical lightweight post, not set into the ground, used to separate wires in a fence.
一种粗切蔬菜条,比细丝更粗。
A batonnet, a long slice of a vegetable, thicker than a julienne.
一种短法棍面包。
A short baguette.
The conductor raised his baton, and the orchestra began to play.
指挥家举起指挥棒，管弦乐队开始演奏。
用法提示：baton 为名词，意为指挥棒，在句中作 raised 的宾语。
She tapped her baton on the stand to quiet the noisy musicians.
她用指挥棒敲了敲谱架，让吵闹的乐手们安静下来。
用法提示：baton 是名词，指指挥棒，作 tapped 的宾语。
My grandfather keeps his old baton in a special wooden box.
我祖父把他那根旧指挥棒放在一个特别的木盒里。
用法提示：baton 作名词，表示指挥棒，在句中作 keeps 的宾语。
常用于比喻移交责任或权力。
After 20 years as CEO, she passed the baton to her successor.
担任首席执行官20年后，她把接力棒交给了继任者。
比喻接替他人承担起某项职责或使命。
It is time for the younger generation to take up the baton.
现在该由年轻一代接过接力棒了。
用于音乐演出，表示由某人担任指挥。
The orchestra performed under the baton of a renowned conductor.
乐团在一位著名指挥家的指挥下演出。
口语中可用，但通常要加 conductor's 等限定；单独说 stick 不能明确指指挥棒，且不如 baton 专业。
更强调细长直的形状，语气较正式；单独用 rod 不暗示指挥用途，需借助语境或限定修饰。
grammar · medium
易错句子He used baton for self-defense.
正确表达He used a baton for self-defense.
baton 是可数名词，单数前需要加不定冠词 a；中文没有冠词概念，容易漏掉。
grammar · medium
易错句子He struck the man by a baton.
正确表达He struck the man with a baton.
表示使用工具或手段时，英语用介词 with，不用 by；by 一般用于被动语态引出动作施动者。
指挥棒
The conductor raised his baton to begin the symphony.
指挥家举起指挥棒开始演奏交响乐。
在……的指挥下
The orchestra performed under the baton of the famous maestro.
这支管弦乐队在著名大师的指挥下演出。
交接接力棒；传承
The coach taught the runner how to pass the baton smoothly.
教练教运动员如何顺利交接接力棒。
接任；接棒
She took up the baton as the new project leader.
她接任为新项目负责人。
持警棍驱散
Police prepared for a baton charge to disperse the crowd.
警察准备进行警棍冲击以驱散人群。
防暴弹
The police fired baton rounds at the protesters.
警察向抗议者发射了防暴弹。
指挥家手持指挥棒引导乐团或合唱队。
指挥棒常在管弦乐队演出中使用。
接力棒是接力赛中传递的物品。
接力棒由赛跑运动员在接力赛中传递。
警棍是警方使用的装备。
传递接力棒；移交职责
After a decade as CEO, she passed the baton to her successor.
担任首席执行官十年后，她把接力棒交给了继任者。
接过接力棒；承担职责
It is time for the new generation to take up the baton.
是时候让新一代接过接力棒了。
掉棒；未能接续工作
The team dropped the baton in the final stage of the project.
团队在项目的最后阶段掉了棒。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.