truncheon

• n. 警棍；棍子；權杖
• vt. 用警棍打

來自拉丁語 truncus,樹幹，詞源同 trunk.-on,小詞後綴。字麵意思即小樹幹，引申詞義警棍。

truncheon (n.)

c. 1300, "shaft of a spear," also "short stick, cudgel," from Old North French tronchon, Old French tronchon (11c., Modern French tronçon) "a piece cut off, thick stick, stump," from Vulgar Latin *truncionem (nominative *truncio), from Latin truncus "trunk of a tree" (see trunk). Meaning "staff as a symbol of office" is recorded from 1570s; sense of "policeman's club" is recorded from 1880.

1. He would flog her to death with a rubber truncheon.

他用橡皮警棍把她活活抽死.

來自英漢文學

2. All he had eyes for was the truncheon in the guard's hand.

他看到的隻有那個警衛手中的橡皮棍.

來自英漢文學

3. While the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words always retain their power.

雖然警棍的暴虐取代了談話的公正,語言, 依然有著力量!

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