5.DLOa light metal stick that is spun and thrown into the air by a majorette 〔乐队行进时女指挥手中转动的〕金属指挥杖
Examples from the Corpus
baton• A baton twirler carried the flag.• Martin, armraised and baton coming down again and again on Dobson's head.• In the last few days, you may have seen a horrifyingvideo of police armed with Q-tips instead of batons.• I saw one man being struck by a mounted officer's baton, picked up by some shockedonlookers and given first-aid.• Karajan, it seems, always had a superbbatontechnique.• Not the tappingbaton of Conductor Richard Armstrong-although his powers over an ableorchestra become evident soon enough.• His supportersstress the sentimental and entertainmentvalue of seeing him take the baton one more time.• Illus.1 conveys this well, not least by the way the baton is shown as held some way towards the middle.
Originbaton
(1500-1600)Frenchbâton, from Late Latinbastum“stick”