cudgelled

英 ['kʌdʒ(ə)l]

美

n. 短而粗的棍棒
vt. 用短粗棍棒打, 棒打；痛打
cudgel的过去式, 过去分词

双语例句

• Hard as I cudgelled my brains, I couldn't remember her name.
  尽管我苦思苦想，还是想不起她的名字。
• And though she cudgelled her brains, she could not come at his answer.
  她绞尽脑汁，却仍然听不懂他的回答。
• I cudgelled my brains for some time in vain; but at last I had it.
  我在那些时间徒然的敲打自己的脑袋；但是最后我放弃了。
• The newspaper cudgelled him into admitting the truth.
  报纸舆论使他不得不承认事实。
• The thugs kicked and cudgelled the man to the ground.
  暴徒们棒打脚踢地把那人击倒在地。