cudgel
名詞
定義 cudgel 名詞
- Countable(可數名詞)
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.
他從地上撿起一根短棍，準備用它來自衛。
The farmer used a cudgel to drive away the animals that trespassed into his field.
農夫用一根短棍驅趕闖入他田地的動物。
Ancient soldiers often used cudgels as melee weapons.
古代士兵經常使用短棍作為近戰武器。
動詞
定義 cudgel 動詞
- Transitive(及物動詞)
To strike or beat someone with a cudgel.
用棍棒毆打
The mob cudgelled the poor protestors with their sticks.
暴徒用棍棒毆打可憐的抗議者。
He was cudgelled by the guards for attempting to steal.
他因試圖偷竊而被守衛用棍棒毆打。
In the dark alley, the thug cudgelled the innocent victim.
在黑暗的巷子裡，暴徒用棍棒毆打無辜的受害者。
成語
- cudgel your brains
To think very hard or struggle to remember something that one has forgotten.
絞盡腦汁
• I had to cudgel my brains to remember where I had left my keys.
我不得不絞盡腦汁回想我把鑰匙放在哪裡。
- take up the cudgels for/against someone/something
To strongly argue in favor of or against someone or something.
堅挺／反對
• In the meeting, he took up the cudgels for the company's new policy.
在會議中，他堅決支持公司的新政策。