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单词 truncheon
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
trun•cheon /ˈtrʌntʃən/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a club carried by a police officer;
    a billy.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
trun•cheon  (trun′chən),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. the club carried by a police officer;
    billy.
  2. a staff representing an office or authority;
    baton.
  3. the shattered shaft of a spear.
  4. [Obs.]cudgel;
    bludgeon.

v.t. 
  1. [Archaic.]to beat with a club.
  • Vulgar Latin *trunciōn-, stem of *trunciō literally, a lopping. See trunk, -ion
  • Middle French
  • Middle English tronchon fragment 1300–50

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
truncheon /ˈtrʌntʃən/ n
  1. chiefly Brit a short thick club or cudgel carried by a policeman
  2. a baton of office
Etymology: 16th Century: from Old French tronchon stump, from Latin truncus trunk; see truncate
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