country clubn.

Brit.

/ˈkʌntrɪ ˌklʌb/, U.S.

/ˈkəntri ˌkləb/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: country n., club n.

Etymology: < country n. + club n.

A club operating or situated in or near the country, often with a restricted membership, and having facilities for recreation and social interaction. Also: the premises and grounds of such a club.In early use: a club (not necessarily one with premises) for those engaged in country sports or pursuits. Esp. in later use: an establishment with extensive grounds, often including a golf course, and usually in a suburban area; frequently connoting a wealthy or leisured lifestyle.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [noun] > club > types of club

penny club1631

country club1679

soaking club1694

fire clubc1744

tea-circle1834

student union1843

Boys' Club1855

house club1893

tennis club1894

service club1898

book club1904

Darby and Joan club1942

1679 (Title) The Country Club. A Poem.

1762 North Briton 18 Dec. 162 Parsons and country squires..used to lead him about to races, cock-matches, and country-clubs, where he was apt sometimes to drink a little too freely.

1894 Harper's Mag. June 16/1 The Country Club is either very restful and bucolic, or very athletic and exciting.

1897 Outing Apr. 91/2 The team will play their regular schedule of games on the grounds of the Country Club, at Bay Ridge, L. I.

1906 Springfield (Mass.) Weekly Republican 19 July It is to the game of golf that the country club is chiefly due, although golf is by no means the only sport which the well-developed country club now provides for.

1932 P. Bloomfield Imaginary Worlds ii. 33 An eternal cycle of ‘whoopee’ at a sort of unenterprising country club of intolerable millionairish crudity.

1992 New Yorker 16 Nov. 42/3 Connecticut provided support for Bush from the grass roots of every country club.

2005 Maisonneuve (Canada) Feb. 6/3 This past summer, while bartending at a country club, she learned how to make dry martinis for ex-diplomats .

Compounds

attributive. Of, belonging to, or associated with a country club or its members (with reference to persons, frequently connoting a wealthy or leisured lifestyle).

ΚΠ

1911 E. Ferber in Amer. Mag. Apr. 720/2 The young people ran largely to scarlet-upholstered touring cars, and country-club doings, and house parties, as small town younger generations are apt to.

1927 Harper's Mag. Oct. 532/2 The country club conception of the college is by no means wholly extinct among certain of our fashionables.

1957 W. H. Whyte Organization Man 311 It [sc. the subscription] is high enough to keep many of the marginal-income people..away from the pool and the result will be the formation of a ‘country-club set’.

2001 High Country News 4 June 10/2 Golf was a sport for rich country club kids.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	country club
释义	country clubn. Brit. /ˈkʌntrɪ ˌklʌb/, U.S. /ˈkəntri ˌkləb/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: country n., club n. Etymology: < country n. + club n. A club operating or situated in or near the country, often with a restricted membership, and having facilities for recreation and social interaction. Also: the premises and grounds of such a club.In early use: a club (not necessarily one with premises) for those engaged in country sports or pursuits. Esp. in later use: an establishment with extensive grounds, often including a golf course, and usually in a suburban area; frequently connoting a wealthy or leisured lifestyle. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [noun] > club > types of club penny club1631 country club1679 soaking club1694 fire clubc1744 tea-circle1834 student union1843 Boys' Club1855 house club1893 tennis club1894 service club1898 book club1904 Darby and Joan club1942 1679 (Title) The Country Club. A Poem. 1762 North Briton 18 Dec. 162 Parsons and country squires..used to lead him about to races, cock-matches, and country-clubs, where he was apt sometimes to drink a little too freely. 1894 Harper's Mag. June 16/1 The Country Club is either very restful and bucolic, or very athletic and exciting. 1897 Outing Apr. 91/2 The team will play their regular schedule of games on the grounds of the Country Club, at Bay Ridge, L. I. 1906 Springfield (Mass.) Weekly Republican 19 July It is to the game of golf that the country club is chiefly due, although golf is by no means the only sport which the well-developed country club now provides for. 1932 P. Bloomfield Imaginary Worlds ii. 33 An eternal cycle of ‘whoopee’ at a sort of unenterprising country club of intolerable millionairish crudity. 1992 New Yorker 16 Nov. 42/3 Connecticut provided support for Bush from the grass roots of every country club. 2005 Maisonneuve (Canada) Feb. 6/3 This past summer, while bartending at a country club, she learned how to make dry martinis for ex-diplomats . Compounds attributive. Of, belonging to, or associated with a country club or its members (with reference to persons, frequently connoting a wealthy or leisured lifestyle). ΚΠ 1911 E. Ferber in Amer. Mag. Apr. 720/2 The young people ran largely to scarlet-upholstered touring cars, and country-club doings, and house parties, as small town younger generations are apt to. 1927 Harper's Mag. Oct. 532/2 The country club conception of the college is by no means wholly extinct among certain of our fashionables. 1957 W. H. Whyte Organization Man 311 It [sc. the subscription] is high enough to keep many of the marginal-income people..away from the pool and the result will be the formation of a ‘country-club set’. 2001 High Country News 4 June 10/2 Golf was a sport for rich country club kids. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1679
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