1 (especially BrE) used by police/soldiers警棍ADJECTIVE | VERB + BATON | BATON + NOUNADJECTIVE➤wooden木棒▸➤police警棍VERB + BATON➤carry, hold拿着警棍▸➤draw, use抽出/使用警棍◇The police were ordered to draw their batons and disperse the crowd.警察奉命用警棍驅散人群。BATON + NOUN➤charge (BrE) 持警棍的攻擊◇Five people were injured in the baton charge.有 5 人遭警棍攻擊受傷。baton
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2used by a conductor指揮棒VERB + BATON | PREPOSITIONVERB + BATON➤raise, tap, wave舉起/輕敲/揮舞指揮棒◇He tapped his baton on the music stand to get everyone's attention.他將指揮棒在樂譜架上敲了敲以引起大家的注意。PREPOSITION➤under the baton of在⋯的指揮下◇The orchestra made the recording under the baton of a young German conductor.管弦樂隊在一位年輕的德國指揮家的指揮下完成錄音。baton
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3used in a relay race接力棒VERB + BATON➤hand, pass傳遞接力棒◇Each runner passes the baton to the next.每名賽跑選手把接力棒傳給下一個人。➤take, take up接過接力棒▸➤drop掉棒baton
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4used by a drum majorette(軍樂隊女指揮用的)指揮杖VERB + BATON➤swing, twirl揮動指揮杖