| [/ˈkʌdʒl; ˋkʌdʒəl/] n 用法:
1 short thick stick or club 粗而短的棍棒. 用法:
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 2
v (-ll; US also -l-) 用法:
1 [Tn] hit (sb) with a cudgel 用粗而短的棍棒打（某人）. 用法:
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. |