nightstick

• n. 看更人或警察的木棒；警棍

比喻用法。

nightstick (n.)

also night-stick, 1887, from night + stick (n.). So called because it was carried on night patrols.

1. He was abreast of the limousine. He tapped its fender with his nightstick.

他停住脚步,用短棒把轿车的挡泥板敲了几下.

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