bludgeon
n
short thick stick with a heavy end, used as a weapon 大头短棒(用作武器). bludgeon, v
1 [Tn] hit (sb) repeatedly with a bludgeon, or with any heavy object (用大头短棒或其他重物)连击(某人)
He had been bludgeoned to death. 他被大头短棒连击致死.
2 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb (into doing sth) (fig 比喻) force sb (to do sth) 强迫某人(做某事)
They tried to bludgeon me into telling them, but I refused. 他们尽力迫使我告诉他们, 但我拒绝了.
Because I am still standing here firmily on my feet.
我仍然好端端地站在这里。
Let me see.
让我想一想。
But can we blame those who looked and failed to see what Galileo saw, if we remember that to use a telescope at the limit of its powers calls for long experience and intimate familiarity with one's instrument?