gavel 的 2 个定义
- a small mallet used by the presiding officer of a meeting, a judge, etc., usually to signal for attention or order.
 - a similar mallet used by an auctioneer to indicate acceptance of the final bid.
 - Masonry. kevel.
 
- to chair.
 - to request or maintain by striking a gavel.to begin or put into effect by striking a gavel.
 
gavel 近义词
mallet
更多gavel例句
- If the person sitting atop the Senate and wielding the gavel says no, then they can start operating another way.
 - If any other Senator objects, the person with the gavel can put it to a floor vote, and if 50 votes plus the VP agree with the change, it’s game-on for a bare majority to run the floor.
 - Supervisor Jim Desmond, a Republican who represents North County, is next up in the rotation, but he’s not likely to get the gavel.
 - Despite serving 24 years in the Senate, Durbin is just now hitting the right seniority to be in line for a full committee gavel.
 - When I beat Thom Tillis, with y’alls help and support, this will be the seat that takes the gavel out of Mitch McConnell’s hands.
 - One advantage of Inhofe taking the gavel is that he might have to start playing defense.
 - Or maybe show a photo of Ted Cruz holding a gavel chairing a subcommittee.
 - Cruz giving a speech in Senate chamber while licking a gavel à la Miley?
 - After the gavel, comes the chiming of wedding bells …and the ringing of cash registers.
 - They'd gavel in for a few moments once every couple of days, and then gavel out again.
 - A murmur ran through the court-room, quickly hushed by the insistent gavel.
 - He seized the gavel and began pounding vigorously and the man with the weak voice never again caught his eye.
 - His right hand rested on his gavel, he thrust his left into the side pocket of his long alpaca coat.
 - When they had all seated themselves at a large oval table, Harkaman drew his pistol and used the butt for a gavel.
 - "A burnt match," said the inspector, just as the clock struck five and the constable's gavel sounded a prelude to adjournment.