truncheonn.
1.short staff,thick staff短杖，粗棍。
△1H.IV.3.3.100(87)s.d :“Enter the Prince marching with Peto,andFalstaff meets him playing upon his truncheon like afife.”太子與皮多以行軍步伐走上，福斯塔夫以短杖作吹笛狀迎接太子。
△2H.VI.4.10.51 (48): “Thy hand is but afinger to my fist;/Thy leg a stick compared with thistruncheon (i.e. lden’s leg)；”與我的拳頭相比，你的手不過是一根指頭；與我這粗棍似的腿相比，你的腿不過是一根小樹枝。
2. short staff carried as a symbol of military com-mand,staff of office as a symbol of authority指揮杖，權(quán)杖。
△Ham.1.2. 204: “Within his truncheon’slength，” 在他的指揮杖可以觸及的距離之內(nèi)。
truncheonvt. cudgel,drive with cudgels用棍棒打，用棍棒驅(qū)趕。
△2H.IV.2.4.151 (141):“An captains were ofmy mind,they would truncheon you out for takingtheir names upon you before you have earned them.”隊長們要是跟我一樣看法，他們會因為你擅自冒用他們的稱呼而把你一頓亂棍打出去。 truncheon[?tr?nt??n]n.警棍 v.用警棍… |