gavel

既定 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɡa.vəl/

名詞

アメリカ英語 換喩的

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.

日本語の意味

法廷の裁判官や委員会の議長が、出席者の注意を引くために使用する木製の木槌（会議の場やオークションで使用される）

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The judge rapped the gavel sharply to restore order in the courtroom.

裁判官は木製の小槌を強く打ちつけて法廷の秩序を取り戻した。

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意味（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.

More than three decades later, Ms. Pelosi is all but assured on Thursday of reclaiming her former title as speaker of the House, the first lawmaker in more than half a century to hold the office twice. With the gavel in hand, she will cement her status as the highest-ranking and most powerful elected woman in American political history.

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意味（2）

(metonymically, chiefly US) The legal system as a whole.

意味（3）

A mason's setting maul.

gavels （ plural ）