cudgel

• 一种短而粗的棍棒，用作武器；现在通常被视为古旧或文学用语。

A short, thick stick used as a weapon, now considered an archaic or literary term.

1. Short thick stickC1formal

   A short, thick stick used as a weapon.

   短棍

   • The guard carried a heavy cudgel for protection.
   • He struck the attacker with a wooden cudgel.
   • In medieval times, peasants often used cudgels in fights.

   同义词batonbillybludgeonclubnightstickshillelaghtruncheon

• 用短而粗的棍棒或木棍击打、殴打。

A verb meaning to strike or beat with a short, thick club or stick.

1. Beat with a clubC2formal

   To strike or beat someone with a short, thick stick or club.

   用短棍打

   • The guard cudgeled the intruder until he fell.
   • In the old days, criminals were sometimes cudgeled in the streets.
   • He was cudgeled by the mob for his crimes.

   同义词batterbeatbludgeonclobberclubdrubpummelthrash

2. Think hardC2formalbritish

   To force oneself to think deeply or struggle to remember something (used in the phrase 'cudgel one's brains').

   绞尽脑汁

   • He cudgeled his brains trying to recall the password.
   • She cudgeled her brains for a solution to the puzzle.
   • I cudgeled my brains but couldn't remember his name.

   同义词beatrackwrack