Word · Frequency #21913
bludgeon
大头棒
a club used as a weapon
- 1.
A short, heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end.
大头棒；[法] 棍；棍打
In use
The museum guide explained that medieval soldiers would bludgeon their enemies with iron clubs.
The union leader claimed the company tried to bludgeon workers into accepting a pay cut.
The journalist bludgeoned the politician with tough questions during the interview.
use sth as a bludgeon
（名词用法）比喻把某事物用作攻击或施压的工具。
The mayor used the budget crisis as a bludgeon against her opponents.
市长把预算危机当作攻击反对者的大棒。
bludgeon sb/sth with sth
（动词用法）表示用重物击打；介词 with 后接所用的工具。
He bludgeoned the lock with a heavy wrench.
他用一把沉重的扳手猛砸那把锁。
bludgeon sb into doing sth
（动词用法，比喻义）表示强迫某人做某事；被动形式 be bludgeoned into doing sth 也很常见。
The manager bludgeoned the staff into signing the new contract.
经理强迫员工签署新合同。
Common mistakes
The robber hit him with bludgeon.The robber hit him with a bludgeon.
bludgeon 是可数名词，单数形式前通常需要冠词或限定词；这里第一次提到要用 a，不能省略。
They bludgeoned him to sign the contract.They bludgeoned him into signing the contract.
动词 bludgeon 表示“强迫”时，搭配结构是 bludgeon somebody into doing something，用介词 into 加动词-ing 形式，而不是带 to 的不定式。
Connections
Collocations
- bludgeon to death
- 用大头棒打死
- The victim was bludgeoned to death in a park.受害者被人用大头棒打死在公园里。
- bludgeon someone into doing something
- 迫使某人做某事
- The manager bludgeoned her into accepting the extra work.经理迫使她接受了额外的工作。
- bludgeon one's way through
- 强行通过；靠暴力开路
- He bludgeoned his way through the crowd.他在人群中横冲直撞，强行开路。
- armed with a bludgeon
- 手持大头棒
- The police said the man was armed with a bludgeon.警方称那名男子手持大头棒。
Idioms & figurative uses
- bludgeon someone into something
- 迫使某人做某事They tried to bludgeon the committee into approving the plan.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 bludgeon 拆成 b-lud-geon，想象一根粗大的木棒（大头棒）把人打服，引申为强迫。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：新闻报道、犯罪描写、政治评论 该词兼作名词和动词：名词指大头棒，多用于犯罪或历史语境，语体中性；动词字面义为用棍棒打击，引申义为强行说服或强迫，多见于新闻报道或正式书面语。整体语体偏书面，口语中较少见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 bludgeon（/ˈblʌdʒən/）押韵（/ʌdʒən/）：dudgeon、curmudgeon。注意拼写相似但发音不同的词：dungeon 读作 /ˈdʌndʒən/，多了一个 /n/；surgeon 和 burgeon 读作 /ˈsɜːrdʒən/、/ˈbɜːrdʒən/，元音不同；pigeon 读作 /ˈpɪdʒɪn/，结尾不是 /dʒən/。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.