英语词汇“to take up the cudgels”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

2. figurative, esp. in to take up the cudgels: to engage in a vigorous contest or debate (for, in defence of, on behalf of). So †to give up or cross the cudgels: ‘to forbear the contest, from the practice of cudgel-players to lay one over the other’ (Johnson).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute or vacillate [verb (intransitive)] > give way or give in

benda1400

sink?a1513

to give over1530

to cry creak?1562

yield1576

to hold up1596

succumb1604

to give in1616

to hoist, lower, strike the topsaila1629

to cry cravena1634

to give up or cross the cudgels1654

incumb1656

to fall in1667

to knock under1670

to knock under board, under (the) table1692

to strike underc1730

knuckle down1735

to throw (also chuck) up the sponge1860

chuck up (the sponge)1864

to throw in one's hand1893

to sky the wipe (or towel)1907

to drop one's bundle1915

to throw (chuck, or toss) in the towel1915

to buckle up1927

society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > contend [verb (intransitive)] > engage on behalf of or against something

stickle1625

to take up the bucklers1647

to take up the cudgels1654

the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > support or encourage [verb (transitive)] > support or defend

to stand by ——OE

to speak for ——a1300

to stand for ——1384

maintainc1390

to stand up for1562

to stand out for?c1576

to stand to ——1582

patronize1595

stickle1632

to stick up for1792

championize1840

champion1844

to take up the cudgels1869

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 233 [Writers] taking up the Cudgels on one side or other.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Westmorl. 140 Mr. Chillingworth..took up the Cudgells against him.

1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. ii. 95 Which forc'd the Stubborn'st for the Cause, To cross the Cudgels to the Laws.

1691 A. Gavin Frauds Romish Monks 414 Tho' I did not immediately give up the Cudgels.

1692 R. L'Estrange Fables cccii. 265 To Contend..and then, either to Cross the Cudgells, or to be Baffled in the Conclusion.

1853 W. M. Thackeray Eng. Humourists v. 247 He had..wielded for years the cudgels of controversy.

1869 A. Trollope He knew he was Right I. i. 7 His wife had taken up the cudgels for her friend.

单词	to take up the cudgels
释义	> as lemmas to take up the cudgels 2. figurative, esp. in to take up the cudgels: to engage in a vigorous contest or debate (for, in defence of, on behalf of). So †to give up or cross the cudgels: ‘to forbear the contest, from the practice of cudgel-players to lay one over the other’ (Johnson). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute or vacillate [verb (intransitive)] > give way or give in benda1400 sink?a1513 to give over1530 to cry creak?1562 yield1576 to hold up1596 succumb1604 to give in1616 to hoist, lower, strike the topsaila1629 to cry cravena1634 to give up or cross the cudgels1654 incumb1656 to fall in1667 to knock under1670 to knock under board, under (the) table1692 to strike underc1730 knuckle down1735 to throw (also chuck) up the sponge1860 chuck up (the sponge)1864 to throw in one's hand1893 to sky the wipe (or towel)1907 to drop one's bundle1915 to throw (chuck, or toss) in the towel1915 to buckle up1927 society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > contend [verb (intransitive)] > engage on behalf of or against something stickle1625 to take up the bucklers1647 to take up the cudgels1654 the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > support or encourage [verb (transitive)] > support or defend to stand by ——OE to speak for ——a1300 to stand for ——1384 maintainc1390 to stand up for1562 to stand out for?c1576 to stand to ——1582 patronize1595 stickle1632 to stick up for1792 championize1840 champion1844 to take up the cudgels1869 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 233 [Writers] taking up the Cudgels on one side or other. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Westmorl. 140 Mr. Chillingworth..took up the Cudgells against him. 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. ii. 95 Which forc'd the Stubborn'st for the Cause, To cross the Cudgels to the Laws. 1691 A. Gavin Frauds Romish Monks 414 Tho' I did not immediately give up the Cudgels. 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables cccii. 265 To Contend..and then, either to Cross the Cudgells, or to be Baffled in the Conclusion. 1853 W. M. Thackeray Eng. Humourists v. 247 He had..wielded for years the cudgels of controversy. 1869 A. Trollope He knew he was Right I. i. 7 His wife had taken up the cudgels for her friend. extracted from cudgeln. < as lemmas
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