单词 | cudgel |
释义 | cudgel 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]. cudgel, 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. |
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