cudgel
名词
定义 cudgel 名词
- Countable(可数名词)
A short, thick stick, typically used as a weapon for hitting.
短棍；棍棒
He picked up a cudgel from the ground, ready to use it for self-defense.
他从地上捡起一根短棍，准备用它来自卫。
The farmer used a cudgel to drive away the animals that trespassed into his field.
农夫用一根短棍驱赶闯入他田地的动物。
Ancient soldiers often used cudgels as melee weapons.
古代士兵经常使用短棍作为近战武器。
动词
定义 cudgel 动词
- Transitive(及物动词)
To strike or beat someone with a cudgel.
用棍棒殴打
The mob cudgelled the poor protestors with their sticks.
暴徒用棍棒殴打可怜的抗议者。
He was cudgelled by the guards for attempting to steal.
他因试图偷窃而被守卫用棍棒殴打。
In the dark alley, the thug cudgelled the innocent victim.
在黑暗的巷子里，暴徒用棍棒殴打无辜的受害者。
成语
- cudgel your brains
To think very hard or struggle to remember something that one has forgotten.
绞尽脑汁
• I had to cudgel my brains to remember where I had left my keys.
我不得不绞尽脑汁回想我把钥匙放在哪里。
- take up the cudgels for/against someone/something
To strongly argue in favor of or against someone or something.
坚挺／反对
• In the meeting, he took up the cudgels for the company's new policy.
在会议中，他坚决支持公司的新政策。