cudgel
n. 棍棒
vt. 用棍棒打
A cudgel is a thick, short stick that is used as a weapon.
If you take up the cudgels for someone or something, you speak or fight in support of them.
The trade unions took up the cudgels for the 367 staff made redundant.
工会极力支持被裁的367名员工。
1. a club that is used as a weapon
1. strike with a cudgel
cudgel one's brain ( 或 brains)
绞尽脑汁;苦苦思索
take up the cudgels
奋起维护;捍卫
When using loudspeakers, be sure to use your discretion . You can't teach others with a cudgel.
使用高音喇叭, 千万要见机行事, 不能授人以柄.
The yellow man carried his bundle and his cudgel in his hand.
那个穿黄大衣的人,手里捏着他的棍子和包袱.
All of a sudden the phantom dealt him a blow with his cudgel.
那个鬼突然给他吃了一棍.
I have been cudgel my brains for detainment you. However, everything is holdthe sun.
我曾绞尽脑汁想挽留住你, 可惜这一切只是徒劳.
After the doctor knows, cudgel one's brains for recalled a way eventually.
医生知道后, 绞尽脑汁终于想出了个办法.