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cudgel ['kʌdʒ.əl] noun countable ■a short heavy stick used for hitting people (打人用的)粗短棒,短棍 ['kʌdʒ.əl] noun countable cudgel your brains UK old-fashioned ■to think very hard or try to remember something you have forgotten 绞尽脑汁,冥思苦想 ['kʌdʒ.əl] noun countable take up the cudgels for/against sb/sth UK old-fashioned ■to argue strongly in support of, or against, someone or something 坚决拥护/反对•Relatives have taken up the cudgels for two British women accused of murder.亲属们极力为两名被控谋杀的英国女子辩护。 ['kʌdʒ.əl] verb transitive (-ll- or US USUALLY -l-) ■to hit someone with a cudgel 棒打,用棍棒打 |