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cud.gel obj5kQJ7[lv [T]-ll- or Am usually -l-捧打The thugs kicked and cudgelled the man to the ground (=hit him repeatedly with cudgels).暴徒们棒打脚踢地把那人击倒在地。(fig.) The newspaper cudgelled him into admitting (=forced him to admit) the truth.报纸舆论使他不得不承认事实。To cudgel your brains is to think very hard or try to remember something you have forgotten.绞尽脑汁地想I cudgelled my brains, trying to remember her name.我绞尽脑汁,试图记起她的名字。
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