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clubbing
杵狀變; 拖錨
club·bing /ˈkləbɪŋ/ 名詞
杵狀變
Club v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clubbed p. pr. & vb. n. Clubbing.]
1. To beat with a club.
2. Mil. To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion.
To club a battalion implies a temporary inability in the commanding officer to restore any given body of men to their natural front in line or column. --Farrow.
3. To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end; as, to club exertions.
4. To raise, or defray, by a proportional assesment; as, to club the expense.
To club a musket Mil., to turn the breach uppermost, so as to use it as a club.
club
n 1: a team of professional baseball players who play and travel
together; "each club played six home games with teams in
its own division" [syn: baseball club, ball club, nine]
2: a formal association of people with similar interests; "he
joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society";
"men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen
today" [syn: society, guild, gild, lodge, order]
3: stout stick that is larger at one end; "he carried a club in
self defense"; "he felt as if he had been hit with a club"
4: a building occupied by a club; "the clubhouse needed a new
roof" [syn: clubhouse]
5: golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball [syn: golf
club, golf-club]
6: a playing card in the minor suit of clubs (having one or
more black trefoils on it); "he led a small club"; "clubs
were trumps"
7: a spot that is open late at night and that provides
entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing
and food and drink; "don't expect a good meal at a
cabaret"; "the gossip columnist got his information by
visiting nightclubs every night"; "he played the drums at
a jazz club" [syn: cabaret, nightclub, nightspot]
v 1: unite with a common purpose; "The two men clubbed together"
2: gather and spend time together; "They always club together"
3: strike with a club or a bludgeon [syn: bludgeon]
[also: clubbing, clubbed]
clubbing
n : a condition in which the ends of toes and fingers become
wide and thick; a symptom of heart or lung disease