名詞 gavel:

1. a small mallet used by a presiding officer or a judge

1. The chairman rapped on the table twice with his gavel.
   主席用他的小木在桌上重敲了兩下。
2. The judge took up the gavel with solemnity.
   法官嚴肅地拿起了小木槌。

gavel

n.（名詞）
A small mallet used by a presiding officer or an auctioneer to signal for attention or order or to mark the conclusion of a transaction.
木槌：一種小的木槌，被一指揮官員或拍賣人使用，以吸引注意、下達命令或確認一筆交易
A maul used by masons in fitting stones.
定位槌：石匠在擺放石頭時使用的槌子
v.tr.（及物動詞）
gav.eled 也作 gav.elled gav.el.ing gav.el.ling gav.els gav.els
To bring about or compel by using a gavel:
通過使用木槌引起或強迫：
例句：
.The chairman . . . tries to gavel the demonstration to an end.(New Yorker)
.主席極力敲小木槌使游行結束.(紐約人)

來源：
[Origin unknown]
[來源不明]

gavel
gavel 2

n.（名詞）
Tribute or rent in ancient and medieval England.
貢稅：存在于古英國和中世紀英國的貢金或租金

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old English gafol * see ghabh-
源自 古英語 gafol *參見 ghabh-