baton的词源

英文词源

baton (n.)

1540s, "a staff used as a weapon," from French bâton "stick, walking stick, staff, club, wand," from Old French baston (12c.) "stick, staff, rod," from Late Latin bastum "stout staff," probably of Gaulish origin or else from Greek *baston "support," from bastazein "to lift up, raise, carry." Meaning "staff carried as a symbol of office" is from 1580s; musical sense of "conductor's wand" is from 1841 (from 1839 as a French word in English). Often anglicized 17c.-18c. as batoon.

中文词源

baton：指挥棒

发音释义：[bə'tɑ:n] n. 指挥棒；接力棒；警棍；权杖；短棍

结构分析：baton = bat（支撑）+on（名词后缀）→可用来支撑的物品→短小结实的棍棒

词源解释：bat←希腊语bastazein（支撑）

baton的核心含义就是“短小结实的棍棒”，因此可以用来表示各种用途的棍棒，其中最常见的就是“指挥棒”、“接力棒”、“警棍”等。

助记窍门：baton =bat（球棒）+on（名词后缀）→像球棒那样的物品

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：baton 词源，baton 含义。

baton：警棍

来自法语。bat, 马鞍，同bast. 可能指赶马的棍子，后指警棍。

baton：(警察武器)警棍，(乐队指挥用的)指挥棒，接力棒    

来源于通俗拉丁语basto(棍,棒)。