cudgel['kʌdʒəl]n.1.■短而粗的棍棒vt.1.■用短粗棍棒打,棒打;痛打cudgel one's brains绞尽脑汁,冥思苦想take up the cudgels for奋起保卫,为…而战;为…辩护变形vt.cudgeled或cudgelledcudgeling或-elling