| 单词 | cudgel |
| 释义 | cudgel (once / 2563 pages) nv A cudgel is a thick club or stick, used to attack or defend against an attacker. A rioting mob might be armed with cudgels. A cudgel is a rough kind of weapon — the club a police officer carries, for example, is more likely to be called a baton or a truncheon. An angry protester might wield a cudgel, or a burglar might carry one along during a robbery. The Old English root of cudgel is cycgel, "club with a rounded head," possibly from the Proto-Indo-European geu, "to curve or to bend." WORD FAMILYcudgel: cudgeled, cudgeling, cudgelled, cudgelling, cudgels USAGE EXAMPLESBut Taiwan deserves better than to be used as a cudgel or a bargaining chip. The Guardian(Dec 16, 2016) Here’s a timely example of why a cudgel often is necessary to get a government agency to comply with the law. Washington Times(Dec 14, 2016) Conservative politicians and the fever swamps of the right wing used the term “Solyndra” as a cudgel to beat Obama over his head for years. Salon(Nov 25, 2016) 1n a club that is used as a weapon Hypo|Hyper bastinado a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet shillalah, shillelagha cudgel made of hardwood (usually oak or blackthorn) club stout stick that is larger at one end 2v strike with a cudgel Syn|Hyper fustigate hit deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument |
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