cudgel
cudgel — noun
- cudgelsingular
- cudgelsplural
1. a thick, fairly short club used to hit or threaten people
a thick, fairly short club used to hit or threaten people
The guard at the gate held a heavy cudgel over his shoulder.
carry/hold a cudgel
Museum visitors stopped to study the iron cudgel in the glass case.
The attacker raised a cudgel, and people ran toward the market exit.
In the old painting, a soldier carries a cudgel beside a shield.
用法筆記
Usually refers to a rough or old-fashioned weapon, not an ordinary stick for walking or work.
常見錯誤
cudgel — verb
- cudgelpresent simple I / you / we / they
- cudgels3rd person singular
- cudgelling-ing form
- cudgelledpast simple
1. to strike someone with a heavy club, or to beat them with repeated hard blows
to strike someone with a heavy club, or to beat them with repeated hard blows
The gang leader cudgels anyone who refuses to pay protection money.
cudgel + object
Police threatened to cudgel the protesters if they crossed the gate.
Two men tried to cudgel the farmer beside the bridge at dusk.
Mateo saw robbers cudgel a traveler on the road outside town.
文法句型
cudgel + object
用法筆記
Usually takes a human object and often appears in historical, literary, or journalistic descriptions of violent attacks.