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• bâton

語源

From French bâton. Doublet of baston.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bătʹŏn, bătʹən, IPA: /ˈbætɒn/, /ˈbæt(ə)n/
• (米国発音) enPR: bətänʹ, IPA: /bəˈtɑn/
• 韻: (Received Pronunciation) -ætɒn, -ætən, (米国発音) -ɑn
• Homophone: batten (with reduced second syllable)

名詞

baton (plural batons)

1. A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes.
2. (military) A ceremonial staff of a field marshal or a similar high-ranking military office.
3. (music) The stick of a conductor in musical performances.

   The conductor raised his baton and the orchestra fell silent.

4. (sports) An object transferred by runners in a relay race.

   In the relay race, the runner dropped the baton.

5. (gymnastics, juggling) A rod twirled in a marching band's performance, in a gymnastic sport, or in juggling.
6. (weaponry, US) A short stout club used primarily by policemen.

   Synonyms: billy club, nightstick, (UK) truncheon

   The police officer carried a baton for self-defense.

7. (heraldry) A bend with the ends cut off, resembling a baton, typically borne sinister, and often used as a mark of cadency, initially for both legitimate and illegitimate children, but later chiefly for illegitimate children.

   Alternative forms: batune, baston

   Coordinate term: scrape

8. A short vertical lightweight post, not set into the ground, used to separate wires in a fence.
9. (cooking) A batonnet, a long slice of a vegetable, thicker than a julienne.
10. (baking) A short baguette.
11. (figurative) This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

    She passed the baton to her successor after retiring.

    accept/refuse/receive the baton

同意語

• wand; rod; bat; club
• See also Thesaurus:stick

派生語

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動詞

baton (third-person singular simple present batons, present participle batoning, simple past and past participle batoned)

1. (transitive) To strike with a baton.

参照

• The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at [1]
• The Observer's Book of Heraldry, by Charles Mackinnon of Dunakin, page 58.

Further reading

• baton on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Baton in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

アナグラム

• Botan, tabon