单词 | cudgel |
释义 | cudgel —cudgeler; esp. Brit., cudgeller, n. /kuj"euhl/, n. , v. , cudgeled, cudgeling, or (esp. Brit.) cudgelled, cudgelling. n. 1. a short, thick stick used as a weapon; club. 2. take up the cudgels, to come to the defense or aid of someone or something. v.t. 3. to strike with a cudgel; beat. 4. cudgel one's brains, to try to comprehend or remember: I cudgeled my brains to recall her name. [bef. 900; ME cuggel, OE cycgel; akin to G Kugel ball] |
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