baton

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

baton [baton batons] BrE [ˈbætɒn] BrE [ˈbætɒ̃] NAmE [bəˈtɑːn] noun
1. (especially BrE) = ↑truncheon
•a baton charge (= one made by police carrying ↑batons, to force a crowd back)
2. a thin light stick used by the person (called a ↑conductor) who is in control of an ↑orchestra, etc
•The orchestra played brilliantly under Previn's baton.
3. a short light stick that one member of a team in a ↑relay race passes to the next person to run
•to pass/hand over the baton
• (figurative)The President handed over the baton (= passed responsibility) to his successor.
4. a long stick that is held and thrown in the air by a person marching in front of a band, or by a ↑majorette

Word Origin:
early 16th cent. (denoting a staff or cudgel): from French bâton, earlier baston, from late Latin bastum ‘stick’.

Example Bank:
•Five people were injured in the baton charge.
•He tapped his baton on the music stand to get everyone's attention.
•The orchestra made the recording under the baton of a young German conductor.
•The police were ordered to draw their batons and disperse the crowd.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  truncheon, nightstick, billy, billystick, billy club, wand