单词 | club |
释义 | club n. & v. --n   1. a heavy stick with a thick end, used as a weapon etc.   2. a stick used in a game, esp. a stick with a head used in golf.   3. a a playing-card of a suit denoted by a black trefoil. b (in pl.) this suit.   4. an association of persons united by a common interest, usu. meeting periodically for a shared activity (tennis club; yacht club).   5. an organization or premises offering members social amenities, meals and temporary residence, etc.   6. an organization offering subscribers certain benefits (book club).   7. a group of persons, nations, etc., having something in common.   8. = CLUBHOUSE.   9. a structure or organ, esp. in a plant, with a knob at the end. --v (clubbed, clubbing)   1. tr. beat with or as with a club.   2. intr. (foll. by together, with) combine for joint action, esp. making up a sum of money for a purpose.   3. tr. contribute (money etc.) to a common stock. Phrases and idioms club-class a class of fare on aircraft etc. designed for the business traveller. club-foot a congenitally deformed foot. club-footed having a club-foot. club-man (pl. -men) a member of one or more clubs (in sense 5 of n.). club-root a disease of cabbages etc. with swelling at the base of the stem. club sandwich US a sandwich with two layers of filling between three slices of toast or bread. in the club Brit. sl. pregnant. on the club colloq. receiving relief from the funds of a benefit society. Derivatives clubber n. Etymology: ME f. ON klubba assim. form of klumba club, rel. to CLUMP |
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