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单词 nightstick
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Definition of nightstick in English:

nightstick

noun ˈnʌɪtstɪkˈnaɪtˌstɪk
North American
  • A police officer's truncheon.

    〈北美〉警棍

    Example sentencesExamples
    • His fingers fumbled at the snap that held his nightstick to his belt.
    • A minute and a half later, they began beating the marchers with bullwhips and nightsticks that day in 1965 on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma.
    • One of the guards stood there, holding his nightstick.
    • Demonstrators surrounded a truck carrying police barricades, mounting it and waving banners and signs bearing antiwar slogans until police used nightsticks to force them off.
    • Citizens throughout the country saw newspaper photos and television broadcasts of attacks on peaceful protesters with nightsticks, tear gas, and police dogs.
    • Two of the injured teachers reported being dragged by their scalps while being pummeled by police using their nightsticks and shields.
    • The officers later knocked him to the ground and fell on him, and jabbed or clubbed him with nightsticks at least a dozen times over several minutes until he was handcuffed.
    • The guards saw their chance and rushed over to him, nightsticks in hand.
    • Most police officers carry a nightstick, with only designated officers carrying sidearms.
    • The police attacked the workers with rubber bullets, tear gas, smoke grenades, and nightsticks.
    • When the cops reached the crowd of students, they fired teargas into them, leapt from their motorcycles and brought their nightsticks crashing onto the bodies and heads of the young activists.
    • There, the police would further suppress the hanging urge by physically breaking up the crowd with constantly moving nightsticks.
    • She is wearing a circular badge and carrying a nightstick.
    • He unlocked the door, and two Springfield police officers pushed past him into the building, one still wielding the nightstick he'd used so effectively to break Anthony's trance.
    • Later in the weekend, allegations of a CBC reporter being struck with a nightstick and of police dogs being set loose on protesters also emerged.
    • Some who complained of being crushed were prodded with nightsticks, as other police contingents methodically closed off the rear of the march, leaving only narrow escape routes.
    • When he came out on the street, a phalanx of helmeted police with nightsticks out were marching towards him.
    • Pulling himself up off the ground, Robert sprinted over to the Boss and grabbed his hatchet, dropping his nightstick in the process.
    • Dozens were arrested; others were bloodied by bullets and nightsticks.
    • She watched with stunned horror as he lifted his nightstick again.
    Synonyms
    club, bludgeon, stick, truncheon, baton, blackthorn, mace, bat

Definition of nightstick in US English:

nightstick

nounˈnaɪtˌstɪkˈnītˌstik
North American
  • A police officer's club or billy.

    〈北美〉警棍

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She watched with stunned horror as he lifted his nightstick again.
    • Most police officers carry a nightstick, with only designated officers carrying sidearms.
    • The guards saw their chance and rushed over to him, nightsticks in hand.
    • Later in the weekend, allegations of a CBC reporter being struck with a nightstick and of police dogs being set loose on protesters also emerged.
    • Dozens were arrested; others were bloodied by bullets and nightsticks.
    • Some who complained of being crushed were prodded with nightsticks, as other police contingents methodically closed off the rear of the march, leaving only narrow escape routes.
    • Pulling himself up off the ground, Robert sprinted over to the Boss and grabbed his hatchet, dropping his nightstick in the process.
    • Two of the injured teachers reported being dragged by their scalps while being pummeled by police using their nightsticks and shields.
    • A minute and a half later, they began beating the marchers with bullwhips and nightsticks that day in 1965 on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma.
    • He unlocked the door, and two Springfield police officers pushed past him into the building, one still wielding the nightstick he'd used so effectively to break Anthony's trance.
    • Citizens throughout the country saw newspaper photos and television broadcasts of attacks on peaceful protesters with nightsticks, tear gas, and police dogs.
    • The police attacked the workers with rubber bullets, tear gas, smoke grenades, and nightsticks.
    • The officers later knocked him to the ground and fell on him, and jabbed or clubbed him with nightsticks at least a dozen times over several minutes until he was handcuffed.
    • When he came out on the street, a phalanx of helmeted police with nightsticks out were marching towards him.
    • There, the police would further suppress the hanging urge by physically breaking up the crowd with constantly moving nightsticks.
    • One of the guards stood there, holding his nightstick.
    • She is wearing a circular badge and carrying a nightstick.
    • His fingers fumbled at the snap that held his nightstick to his belt.
    • When the cops reached the crowd of students, they fired teargas into them, leapt from their motorcycles and brought their nightsticks crashing onto the bodies and heads of the young activists.
    • Demonstrators surrounded a truck carrying police barricades, mounting it and waving banners and signs bearing antiwar slogans until police used nightsticks to force them off.
    Synonyms
    club, bludgeon, stick, truncheon, baton, blackthorn, mace, bat
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