truncheon
英 ['trʌn(t)ʃ(ə)n]
美 ['trʌntʃən]
語源
トランション。ラテン語のtruncus（幹）が語源で、語源的にはtrunkと同じ。文字通り、小さなトランク。
英語の語源
- truncheon (n.)
- c. 1300, "shaft of a spear," also "short stick, cudgel," from Old North French tronchon, Old French tronchon (11c., Modern French tron?on) "a piece cut off, thick stick, stump," from Vulgar Latin *truncionem (nominative *truncio), from Latin truncus "trunk of a tree" (see trunk). Meaning "staff as a symbol of office" is recorded from 1570s; sense of "policeman's club" is recorded from 1880.
例文
- 1. He would flog her to death with a rubber truncheon .
- 彼はゴム警棒で彼女を生きたまま引き殺した.
- 2.All he had eyes for was the truncheon in the guard 's hand.
- 彼が見たのは警備員が持っているゴム棒だけだった。
- 3.While the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation,words always retain their power.
- 警棒の暴虐は会話の公正さに取って代わったが、言葉には、まだ力がある！