Cudgel
[ ['kʌdʒəl] ]
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n. 棍棒\\nvt. 用棍棒打
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
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.
🗣️ 情景例句
He made a favorable impression on her father.
他给她的父亲留下了很好的印象。
I wonder what he's doing.
我不知道他在做什么。
He is acting an old man.
他正扮演一个老人。