1540s, "a staff used as a weapon," from French baton "stick, walking stick, staff, club, wand," from Old French baston (12c.) "stick, staff, rod," from Late Latin bastum "stout staff," probably of Gaulish origin or else from Greek *baston "support," from bastazein "to lift up, raise, carry." Meaning "staff carried as a symbol of office" is from 1580s; musical sense of "conductor's wand" is from 1841 (from 1839 as a French word in English). Often anglicized 17c.-18c. as batoon.
雙語例句
1. He once again raised his baton and brought in the brass.
他再次舉起指揮棒，讓銅管樂部加入進來。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Police in riot gear baton-charged the crowd.
暴亂中，警察揮舞著警棍對人群發起沖擊。
來自柯林斯例句
3. They were driven back by a police baton charge.
他們被警察用警棍趕了回去.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. The reactionary police made a baton charge on the demonstrating crowd.