gavel

FREQ #12174

n. 槌 [法] 赋税或租金, 议事槌, 小木槌

发音

UK /ˈɡa.vəl/
US /ˈɡæ.vəl/

词形变化

gavels 复数 gavels 三单 gaveling 现在分词 gavelling 现在分词 gaveled 过去式 gaveled 过去分词 gavelled 过去式 gavelled 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Rent.

    可数 历史 不可数
  2. 2.

    Usury; interest on money.

    可数 废旧 不可数
  3. 3.

    An old Saxon and Welsh form of tenure by which an estate passed, on the holder's death, to all the sons equally; also called gavelkind.

    可数 历史 不可数
  4. 1.

    A wooden mallet, used by a courtroom judge, or by a committee chairman, struck against a sounding block to quieten those present, or by an auctioneer to accept the highest bid at auction.

  5. 2.

    The beginning or end of legal proceedings.

    美国
  6. 3.

    The legal system as a whole.

    美国
  7. 4.

    A mason's setting maul.

  8. 1.

    A small heap of grain, not tied up into a bundle.

  9. 1.

    A gable.

    苏格兰 古体 建筑
v.
  1. 1.

    To divide or distribute according to the gavel system.

    及物
  2. 1.

    To use a gavel.

  3. 2.

    To begin or end legal proceedings

    The judge gavelled for order in the courtroom after the defendant burst out with a confession.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

beetle mallet

相关短语

gavel to order gavel out call to order 叫(人)遵守议事规程, 宣布开(会)

词源

From Middle English gavel, from Old English gafol, from Proto-West Germanic *gabul, from Proto-Germanic *gabulą, from Proto-Germanic *gebaną (“to give”), equivalent to give + -el.

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