Baton

[bə'tɑ:n] or [bə'tɑn]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir.

(noun.) a hollow cylinder passed from runner to runner in a relay race.

(noun.) a hollow metal rod that is wielded or twirled by a drum major or drum majorette.

(noun.) a short staff carried by some officials to symbolize an office or an authority.

安德烈整理--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the baton of a field marshal; the baton of a conductor in musical performances.

(n.) An ordinary with its ends cut off, borne sinister as a mark of bastardy, and containing one fourth in breadth of the bend sinister; -- called also bastard bar. See Bend sinister.

編輯:诺拉

解釋/意思:

n. a staff or truncheon esp. of a policeman: a marshal's staff.—v.t. to strike with a baton.—n. Bat′on-sin′ister a well-known heraldic indication of illegitimacy improperly called Bar-sinister a diminutive of a bend-sinister not extending to the sides of the shield so as to resemble a marshal's baton laid diagonally over the family arms from left to right.

編輯:兰尼