cudgel

美 ['kʌdʒəl]

英 ['kʌdʒ(ə)l]

复数：cudgels 过去分词：cudgeled 现在分词：cudgeling 过去式：cudgelled 现在分词：cudgelling

同义词

hit,bludgeon,whack,pound,bash

cudgel

1.	（用作武器的）短棒，粗短棍a short thick stick that is used as a weapon

IDM

take up (the) cudgels on behalf of sb/sth

坚决保卫；毅然支持to defend or support sb/sth strongly

1.	~ sb 用短棒打to hit sb with a cudgel

IDM

cudgel your brains

冥思苦想；绞尽脑汁to think very hard