cudgelvt. beat with a stick 用棍子打。 △Tw . 2 . 5 . 148(133):“Ay,or I’ll cudgel him,and make him cry O!”对了,否则我要打他,让他嗷嗷叫! △Ado . 5 . 4.115(113): “Imight have cudgelled thee out of thy single life,”我可以用棍子打你一顿,使你放弃独身生活。 △Oth . 2. 3. 374(365): “I have been to-night exceedingly well cudg-elled;”我今晚特别挨了一顿好打。 cudgel[ˈkʌdӠəl]n.短棍v.用棍棒打 ◇cudgel one’s brains绞尽脑汁 take up the cudgels for尽力捍卫,努力为…辩护 |