treated as sing. or pl.
1- an association or organization dedicated to a particular interest or activity会, 社, 俱乐部：
I belong to a photographic club
我属于一家摄影俱乐部
as modifier the club secretary.俱乐部秘书。
1.1
- the premises of such an association俱乐部会所。
1.2
- an organization or premises offering members social amenities, meals, and temporary residence（提供娱乐、餐饮、住宿的）会所, 俱乐部：
dinner at his club.
他所在俱乐部提供的正餐。
1.3
- a nightclub, especially one playing fashionable dance music（尤指演奏流行舞曲的）夜总会。
1.4
- treated as sing. or pl. an organization constituted to play matches in a particular sport体育俱乐部：
a football club
足球俱乐部
as modifier the club captain.俱乐部领队。
1.5
- usu. with modifier a commercial organization offering subscribers special benefits（让利给会员的）俱乐部：
a shopping club.
购物俱乐部。
1.6
- usu. with adj. or noun modifier a group of people, organizations, or nations having something in common集团（或组织、民族）的俱乐部：
the wild man of the movies refused to join the teetotal club.
那电影狂人拒绝加入戒酒俱乐部。
(clubbed, clubbing)no obj.
1
club together
combine with others to do something, especially so as to collect a sum of money for a particular purpose（尤指为某事筹款而）联手：friends and colleagues clubbed together to buy him a present.
朋友和同事凑钱给他买礼物。
2
- informal go out to nightclubs〈非正式〉去夜总会：
she enjoys going clubbing in Oxford.
她喜欢在牛津逛夜总会。
短语
in the club（或the pudding club）
- Brit. informal pregnant〈英, 非正式〉怀孕的。
join the club
- in imperative informal, often humorous used as an observation that someone else is in a similar difficult or unwelcome situation to oneself〈非正式, 常幽默〉不光是你一人, 我也一样：
if you're confused, join the club!
如果你感到困惑, 那也不光是你一个人这样！
派生词
clubber
noun （一般用于动词义项2）词源
early 17th cent. (as a verb)： formed obscurely from CLUB2.
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2
clubs
one of the four suits in a conventional pack of playing cards, denoted by a black trefoil（纸牌四花色之一的）梅花。
2.1
- a card of such a suit梅花纸牌。
(clubbed, clubbing)with obj.
- beat (a person or animal) with a club or similar implement棒击（人, 动物）：
the islanders clubbed whales to death.
岛民用棒子把鲸打死。
词源
Middle English: from Old Norse clubba, variant of klumba; related to CLUMP.