[singular]responsibility for something. If you pass the baton to someone, you give them responsibility for it, and if someone takes the baton or picks up the baton, they take responsibility for it. 责任
1 (especially BrE) used by police/soldiers警棍ADJECTIVE | VERB + BATON | BATON + NOUNADJECTIVE➤wooden木棒▸➤police警棍VERB + BATON➤carry, hold拿着警棍▸➤draw, use抽出/使用警棍◇The police were ordered to draw their batons and disperse the crowd.警察奉命用警棍驅散人群。BATON + NOUN➤charge (BrE) 持警棍的攻擊◇Five people were injured in the baton charge.有 5 人遭警棍攻擊受傷。baton
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2used by a conductor指揮棒VERB + BATON | PREPOSITIONVERB + BATON➤raise, tap, wave舉起/輕敲/揮舞指揮棒◇He tapped his baton on the music stand to get everyone's attention.他將指揮棒在樂譜架上敲了敲以引起大家的注意。PREPOSITION➤under the baton of在⋯的指揮下◇The orchestra made the recording under the baton of a young German conductor.管弦樂隊在一位年輕的德國指揮家的指揮下完成錄音。baton
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3used in a relay race接力棒VERB + BATON➤hand, pass傳遞接力棒◇Each runner passes the baton to the next.每名賽跑選手把接力棒傳給下一個人。➤take, take up接過接力棒▸➤drop掉棒baton
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4used by a drum majorette(軍樂隊女指揮用的)指揮杖VERB + BATON➤swing, twirl揮動指揮杖