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.”太子与皮多以行军步伐走上，福斯塔夫以短杖作吹笛状迎接太子。
△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)；”与我的拳头相比，你的手不过是一根指头；与我这粗棍似的腿相比，你的腿不过是一根小树枝。
2. short staff carried as a symbol of military com-mand,staff of office as a symbol of authority指挥杖，权杖。
△Ham.1.2. 204: “Within his truncheon’slength，” 在他的指挥杖可以触及的距离之内。
truncheonvt. cudgel,drive with cudgels用棍棒打，用棍棒驱赶。
△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.”队长们要是跟我一样看法，他们会因为你擅自冒用他们的称呼而把你一顿乱棍打出去。 truncheon[ˈtrʌntʃən]n.警棍 v.用警棍… |