plural clubs
plural clubs
Learner's definition of CLUB
1 [count]
a : a group of people who meet to participate in an activity (such as a sport or hobby)俱乐部 -
an exclusive social/men's club高级社交/男士俱乐部
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Do you belong to any clubs?你加入什么俱乐部了吗?
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My friends and I formed/started a chess club. [=a group of people who play chess together]我跟朋友们开了一家国际象棋俱乐部。
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She's the club president. = She's the president of the club.她是这家俱乐部的主席。
— see also fan club, glee club, golf club 2 2
[count] : a sports team or organization运动队;组织 -
the president of a major-league baseball club一支大联盟棒球队的主席
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He spent five years with the club.他为这个运动队效力了五年。
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a ball club球队
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a boxing/football/hockey club拳击/橄榄球/冰球队
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[count] : an organization in which people agree to buy things (such as books or CDs) regularly in order to receive a benefit (such as lower prices)(以优惠价格出售图书、CD等给会员的)读者俱乐部,会员俱乐部 — see also book club 4
[count] : a business that provides entertainment (such as music, dancing, or a show) and that usually serves food and alcohol : nightclub俱乐部;夜总会 —
often used before another noun常用于另一名词前 — see also strip club 5
[count] : a special metal stick used for hitting a golf ball : golf club高尔夫球杆 6
[count] : a heavy usually wooden stick that is used as a weapon击棍 — see also billy club 7
a [count] : a playing card that is marked with a black shape that looks like three round leaves(纸牌的)梅花 — see picture at playing card b clubs [plural] : the suit in a deck of playing cards that consists of cards marked by a black shape that looks like three round leaves(一副纸牌里的)梅花牌 — compare diamond, heart, spade
in the club
British, informal
join the club
informal also welcome to the club
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used to say that the problems or feelings someone is having are problems or feelings that you have had yourself咱们都一样;跟我一样 —
often used to suggest that a person's problems or feelings are not unusual and do not deserve much sympathy常用于表示某人的问题或感受很平常,不值得过多同情 -
So you think you deserve to be paid more money for your work? Well, join the club. [=lots of people think they deserve more money]所以,你认为你的工作应该获得更多报酬吗?好吧,大家彼此彼此。
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“My son won't do what I tell him to do.” “Join the club. I can't get my daughter to obey me, either.”“我儿子从来不听我的话。”“咱们彼此彼此。我女儿也不听我的话。”
2 club /ˈklʌb/ verb
clubs; clubbed; clubbing
clubs; clubbed; clubbing
Learner's definition of CLUB
[+ object]
: to hit (a person or animal) with a heavy stick or object棒打
club together
[phrasal verb] British
: to combine your money with the money of other people凑钱;凑份子 ◊ If a group of people club together to do something, each member of the group gives some money to pay for something.共同负担费用