用法:
1 = truncheon:
[attrib 作定语] a baton charge, ie one made by police, etc armed with batons to drive a crowd back 持警棍出击（警察等用警棍驱退群众）.

用法:
2 short thin stick used by the conductor of a band or orchestra （乐队指挥所用的）指挥棒.

用法:
3 short stick that indicates a certain rank （表示官阶的）权杖:
a Field-Marshal's baton 陆军元帅的司令杖.

用法:
4 short stick carried and handed on in a relay race （接力赛跑用的）接力棒.

用法:
5 decorative stick held and twirled by drum majors, etc （军乐队指挥所用的装饰性的）指挥棒.

• half-caste (also half-breed)
• half cock
• half-crazed
• half-crown
• half-hardy
• half-hearted
• half-heartedly
• half holiday
• half-hourly
• half-length
• half-life
• half-light
• half-mast
• half moon
• half nelson
• half-note
• half pay
• halfpenny
• halfpennyworth
• half-price
• half-seas-over
• half-sister
• half-size
• half-term
• half-timbered