cudgel

v (-ll; US also -l-) 1 [Tn] hit (sb) with a cudgel 用粗而短的棍棒打(某人). 2 (idm 习语) cudgel one's `brains think very hard 冥思苦索; 绞尽脑汁: 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.


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