cudgel
英 ['k?d?(?)l]
美['k?d?l]
- vt. 用棍棒打
- n. 棍棒
詞組搭配
cudgel one's brain ( 或 brains)
think hard about a problem
絞盡腦汁；苦苦思索
take up the cudgels
start to defend or support someone or something strongly
奮起維護(hù)；捍衛(wèi)
there was no one else to &B{take up the cudgels on their behalf}.
沒有其他人去捍衛(wèi)他們的利益。