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cudgel

美音:[´kʌdʒəl ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
英音:[´kʌdʒəl ]点这儿播放单词英音发声
n.棍棒 vt.用棍棒打

难易程度:

cudgel为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

动词过去式:cudgeled/cudgelled 过去分词:cudgeled/cudgelled 现在分词:cudgeling/cudgelling 第三人称单数:cudgels/cudgels

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cudgel


/'kʌdʒl; `kʌdʒəl/
n
1 short thick stick or club 粗而短的棍棒.
2 (idm 习语) take up the cudgels for/on behalf of sb/sth (start to) defend or support sb/sth strongly (奋起)保卫或支持某人[某事物].

v (-ll; US also -l-)
1 [Tn] hit (sb) with a cudgel 用粗而短的棍棒打(某人).
2 (idm 习语) cudgel one's `brains think very hard 冥思苦索; 绞尽脑汁
*Hard as I cudgelled my brains, I couldn't remember her name. 尽管我苦思苦想, 还是想不起她的名字.

cudgel


n
[Language: Old English;Origin: cycgel]
[C]
a short thick stick used as a weapon
take up the cudgels (on behalf of sb/sth)
formal to start to fight for an idea that you believe in