N-COUNT (法官、拍卖人、会议主席等用的)小木槌 A gavel is a small wooden hammer that the person in charge of a law court, an auction, or a meeting bangs on a table to get people's attention.
'Let's take a ten-minute recess', the judge said, pounding his gavel. “现在休庭10分钟。”法官敲了一记木槌说道。
This empty arena fills with 6000 delegates and thousands of volunteers and supporters each day the Convention gavels in. 随着会议的召开,这个原本空空如也的舞台每天将容纳6000名代表,成千上万的志愿者及支持者们。