club

クラブ、同好会

同じことに興味を持つ人たちが集まり、一緒に活動する団体。

やさしい英語で： A group of people who meet or do activities together because they share an interest.

• I joined a chess club.
• Our club meets every Tuesday.
• Which school clubs would you like to join?

類義語： association, society

よく使う表現： join a club, a book club, a football club

クラブ、ナイトクラブ

主に夜、踊ったり、お酒を飲んだり、音楽を聴いたりする店。

やさしい英語で： A place where people go, usually at night, to dance, drink, and listen to music.

• We danced at a club.
• The club stayed open until four.
• Have you been to that new club downtown?

類義語： nightclub

よく使う表現： a dance club, at the club, a night club

スポーツクラブ、フィットネスクラブ

会員がスポーツや運動をしたり、運動器具を使ったりする施設。

やさしい英語で： A place where members go to play sports, exercise, or use fitness equipment.

• The club has a pool.
• I exercise at the health club every morning.
• Our tennis club built two new courts.

類義語： sports center, fitness center

よく使う表現： a health club, a tennis club, a sports club

こん棒

人や動物を殴る武器として使う、太くて重い棒。

やさしい英語で： A thick, heavy stick used as a weapon to hit people or animals.

• He carried a wooden club.
• The attacker struck the door with a club.
• Two heavy clubs lay beside the gate.

類義語： cudgel, bludgeon

よく使う表現： a wooden club, carry a club, a heavy club

クラブ

トランプの三つの丸い葉からなる黒い印。また、その印のカード。

やさしい英語で： The black symbol with three rounded leaves on playing cards; also the group of cards with this symbol.

• This card has a club on it.
• She played the ace of clubs.
• Have you got any clubs in your hand?

よく使う表現： a club card, the club suit, a club symbol

こん棒、クラブ

体操の演技で振ったり投げたりする、一対の短い棒の一つ。

やさしい英語で： One of a pair of short sticks that a gymnast swings and throws during a performance.

• The gymnast caught the club.
• She swung both clubs above her head.
• His routine ended with a high club throw.

よく使う表現： a gymnastics club, a club routine, throw a club

クラブに行く

夜、踊ったりお酒や音楽を楽しんだりする店に行く。

やさしい英語で： To visit places at night where people dance, drink, and listen to music.

• We went clubbing last night.
• She enjoys clubbing with her friends.
• Do you still go clubbing every weekend?

使い方： go clubbing (We go clubbing on Saturday nights.)

類義語： go clubbing

よく使う表現： club with friends, club all night, club in town, club in london

こん棒で殴る

太い棒やほかの重い物で、人や動物を殴る。

やさしい英語で： To hit a person or animal with a thick stick or another heavy object.

• Someone clubbed him from behind.
• The hunters clubbed the seals on the ice.
• He was clubbed with a wooden bat.

使い方： club someone/something with something (The attacker clubbed him with a heavy stick.)

類義語： bludgeon, cudgel

よく使う表現： club someone down, club someone to death