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单词 bludgeon
释义 bludg·eon
I. \ˈbləjən\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: origin unknown
1.
 a. : a short stick used as a weapon usually having one thick, heavy, or loaded end : billy
 b. : any similar weapon; especially : blackjack
2. : a verbal or intellectual attack or criticism
 < the Victorians, … under the bludgeon of Lytton Strachey and his followers toppled from their high estate — Saturday Review >
also : the means or instrument of such attack or criticism
 < substituting … for Guillaume's delicacy the bludgeon of satire — R.A.Hall b. 1911 >
II. transitive verb
(bludgeoned ; bludgeoned ; bludgeoning \-j(ə)niŋ\ ; bludgeons)
1. : to hit with a bludgeon : beat
 < bludgeoned to death >
2. : to overcome by aggressive argument : overbear, bully
 < we do not talk — we bludgeon one another with facts and theories — Henry Miller >
 < conversationally bludgeons his way through the world — Wyndham Lewis >
3. : coerce
 < bludgeoned into learning grammatical rules >
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