英语词汇“truncheon”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Example Sentences

Noun police officers kept their hands on their truncheons

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The baton that Reagan passed to a new generation became a truncheon in Gingrich’s hands.

Christopher Buckley, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2022 Not far from where those spokesmen congregate is another image, that of thousands of Afghans running a chaotic gantlet of dangers, including truncheon-wielding Taliban fighters, to make their way to the airport and escape the country.

Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2021 Visitors are asked to pick up a truncheon (a thick stick carried as a weapon by police officers) to learn what happened next.

Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2021 Visitors are asked to pick up a truncheon (a stick carried as a weapon by police officers) to learn what happened next.

Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Apr. 2021 Student Sasha Vilks showed a reporter his legs and his back deeply bruised from truncheon blows, but told his weeping mother not to look.

Yuras Karmanau, Star Tribune, 15 Aug. 2020 Some were hung on the wall and beaten with electrified truncheons.

David Stavrou, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2020 Some were hung on the wall and beaten with electrified truncheons.

David Stavrou, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English tronchoun, from Anglo-French trunchun, from Vulgar Latin *truncion-, *truncio, from Latin truncus trunk

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Verb

circa 1598, in the meaning defined above

单词	truncheon
释义	truncheon 1 of 2 noun trun·cheon ˈtrən-chən 1 a : a police officer's billy club b : baton sense 2 c obsolete : club, bludgeon 2 : a shattered spear or lance truncheon 2 of 2 verb truncheoned; truncheoning; truncheons transitive verb archaic : to beat with a truncheon Synonyms Noun bastinado bastinade bat baton billy billy club bludgeon cane club cudgel nightstick rod rung [Scottish] sap shillelagh shillalah staff waddy [Australian] See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Noun police officers kept their hands on their truncheons Recent Examples on the Web Noun The baton that Reagan passed to a new generation became a truncheon in Gingrich’s hands. Christopher Buckley, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2022 Not far from where those spokesmen congregate is another image, that of thousands of Afghans running a chaotic gantlet of dangers, including truncheon-wielding Taliban fighters, to make their way to the airport and escape the country. Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2021 Visitors are asked to pick up a truncheon (a thick stick carried as a weapon by police officers) to learn what happened next. Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2021 Visitors are asked to pick up a truncheon (a stick carried as a weapon by police officers) to learn what happened next. Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Apr. 2021 Student Sasha Vilks showed a reporter his legs and his back deeply bruised from truncheon blows, but told his weeping mother not to look. Yuras Karmanau, Star Tribune, 15 Aug. 2020 Some were hung on the wall and beaten with electrified truncheons. David Stavrou, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2020 Some were hung on the wall and beaten with electrified truncheons. David Stavrou, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2020 Some were hung on the wall and beaten with electrified truncheons. David Stavrou, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2020 See More Word History Etymology Noun Middle English tronchoun, from Anglo-French trunchun, from Vulgar Latin truncion-, truncio, from Latin truncus trunk First Known Use Noun 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2 Verb circa 1598, in the meaning defined above truncheon noun as in baton a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment police officers kept their hands on their truncheons Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance baton cane nightstick cudgel mallet mace bludgeon shillelagh bat billy rod bastinado waddy hammer club staff billy club rung bastinade shillalah birch knobkerrie rattan hickory maul sap blackjack sledgehammer gavel crosier beetle crook stave crozier switch crabstick walking stick whangee
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truncheon

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