Word · Frequency #21038
truncheons
警棍
truncheons is the plural of truncheon.
a short, stout club used primarily by police officers
- 1.
A short staff, a club; a cudgel.
短杖,棍棒；警棍。
- 2.
A baton, or military staff of command, now especially the stick carried by a police officer.
警棍；指挥棒,尤指警察携带的棍棒。
短杖,棍棒；警棍。；警棍；指挥棒,尤指警察携带的棍棒。；权杖；职杖
In use
The security guard carried a truncheon on his belt.
During the tour, we saw a truncheon that belonged to a nineteenth-century police officer.
The officer put down his truncheon and spoke calmly to the crowd.
truncheon somebody
truncheon 作动词时是及物动词，后接被打的人。
The riot police truncheoned the protesters.
防暴警察用警棍打了抗议者。
be truncheoned
被动语态常用，强调‘被警棍殴打’这一动作。
The man was truncheoned by the police during the arrest.
那名男子在逮捕过程中被警察用警棍打了。
with a truncheon
名词 truncheon 常与 with 连用，表示‘用警棍’作为工具。
Connections
Collocations
- police truncheon
- 警棍
- The officer carried a police truncheon on his belt.那名警官腰带上别着一根警棍。
- wield a truncheon
- 挥舞警棍
- The guard advanced, wielding a truncheon.警卫挥舞着警棍走上前来。
- strike with a truncheon
- 用警棍击打
- He was struck with a truncheon during the arrest.他在被捕时被警棍击打。
- truncheon blows
- 警棍的击打
- The rioters were dispersed by truncheon blows.闹事者被警棍的击打驱散。
Synonyms
- baton
- （美式英语）警察使用的短棍 · 与 truncheon 基本可互换，但更常用于美式英语，且词义更广（还可指指挥棒、接力棒等）。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
truncheon 以 trunk（树干）开头，想象警察手里的短粗警棍就像一截树干。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：police、law、media 作为名词表示“警棍”时，通常用于正式或书面语境，多出现在警方通报、法律文件和新闻报道中，口语中较少见。
Grammar Note
名词复数与动词第三人称单数同形为 truncheons；动词过去式和过去分词为 truncheoned，现在分词为 truncheoning。
Pronunciation & Spelling
真正押韵：luncheon /ˈlʌntʃən/。形近音异：stanchion /ˈstæntʃən/ 的元音是 /æ/ 而非 /ʌ/；brunch /brʌntʃ/ 和 crunch /krʌntʃ/ 只有 /ʌntʃ/，没有结尾的 /ən/，因此不押韵。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.