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.


 clubbing
      See 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