gavel
gavel
[ˈgav(ə)l]
noun
[ˈgav(ə)l]
noun
- a small hammer with which an auctioneer, a judge, or the chair of a meeting hits a surface to call for attention or order
（拍卖商、法官或会议主席敲击桌面以引起注意或下达命令的）小槌
- [with obj. and adverbial]bring (a hearing or person) to order by use of such a hammer
击槌以维持秩序
he gavelled the convention to order.
他击槌以恢复大会的秩序。
- early 19th cent. (originally US in the sense 'stonemason's mallet'): of unknown origin
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