clobber
clobber — 動詞
- clobberpresent simple I / you / we / they
- clobbershe / she / it
- clobberedpast simple
- clobbering-ing form
1. to strike someone or something forcefully and many times in a row, usually with
痛打；揍
用力反覆毆打某人或某物
to strike someone or something forcefully and many times in a row, usually with the fist or a heavy object.
Mauricio clobbered the burglar with a frying pan until the police arrived.
Mauricio 用平底鍋痛打那名竊賊，直到警察趕到。
clobber + object with + instrument
The boxer clobbered his opponent in the third round and won by knockout.
那名拳擊手在第三回合把對手揍倒，靠擊倒贏得比賽。
Two older boys clobbered Ezra at the bus stop until a teacher chased them off.
兩個年紀較大的男孩在公車站痛揍 Ezra，直到老師把他們趕走。
Hannah grabbed a broom and clobbered the rat that ran across the kitchen floor.
Hannah 抓起掃帚，把跑過廚房地板的老鼠狠狠打了一頓。
informal physical-violence usage
- clobber + with + instrument
- clobber + someone + over the head
文法句型
clobber + object
用法筆記
Subject is usually a person; object is the body, head, or a small animal. Distinguish from sense 4 (defeat) which uses a sports or game object.
常見錯誤
2. to beat an opponent by a wide margin in a sport, game, or contest.
慘電；大勝
在比賽中以懸殊比數擊敗對手
to beat an opponent by a wide margin in a sport, game, or contest.
Sumin's chess team clobbered the visitors by winning every single match.
Sumin 的西洋棋隊每一場都贏，把客隊打得落花流水。
clobber + opposing team in a contest
Brazil clobbered the home side six goals to nil at the World Cup qualifier.
巴西在世界盃資格賽以六比零慘電地主隊。
score margin signals the meaning
The debate club from Lincoln High got clobbered in the final by a younger team.
Lincoln 高中的辯論社在決賽被一支更年輕的隊伍狠狠電爆。
passive: get clobbered
Iker expected a close match, but the Spanish side clobbered England four-nil.
Iker 原本以為會是場勢均力敵的比賽，結果西班牙隊以四比零血洗英格蘭。
- clobber + opponent
- get clobbered
- clobber + by + score
- lose to
the passive 'be clobbered by X' is the natural opposite framing
文法句型
clobber + opponent
passive: be clobbered
用法筆記
Frequently used with score lines or large margins. Subject is usually a team, player, or party; object is the losing side. Often passive: 'we got clobbered'.
常見錯誤
3. to cause severe damage to someone's money, business, or finances — usually throu
重創財務
造成嚴重的金錢或財務損失
to cause severe damage to someone's money, business, or finances — usually through prices, taxes, or a market crash.
Small farmers in Kerala were clobbered when the price of cotton fell by half.
Kerala 的小農在棉花價格腰斬時財務受到重創。
passive: be clobbered by + economic cause
Rising fuel costs clobbered the airline's profits last quarter.
燃料成本上漲重創了那家航空公司上一季的獲利。
subject is the economic cause
Soraya's restaurant got clobbered by three months of closure during the floods.
Soraya 的餐廳因為三個月的洪水停業，生意受到嚴重打擊。
passive informal: get clobbered
The new property tax clobbered landlords who owned more than one apartment.
新的房屋稅讓擁有一間以上公寓的房東財務上元氣大傷。
clobber + person/group with money loss
- clobber + savings/profits
- be clobbered by + tax/price/crash
- boost
the opposite outcome — finances grow rather than collapse
文法句型
clobber + person/group
passive: be clobbered by + cause
用法筆記
Subject is typically an economic event (a tax, a crash, a price change); object is the people or businesses that lose money. Common in financial news headlines.
常見錯誤
4. to fully beat another person in a physical fight, leaving them unable to continu
打趴；打贏
在打架中把對方徹底打敗
to fully beat another person in a physical fight, leaving them unable to continue.
Andrei told the bullies he would clobber them if they bothered his little sister again.
Andrei 告訴那些霸凌的人，要是再欺負他妹妹，他就會把他們打趴。
threat usage: would clobber + person
In the alley behind the bar, two strangers clobbered a man who had stolen a wallet.
在酒吧後面的小巷裡，兩名陌生人把一個偷錢包的男子打到無力反抗。
Maeve's older brother once clobbered a much taller boy in a wrestling match.
Maeve 的哥哥曾經在摔角比賽中把一個個子高很多的男生打贏。
clobber + person + context of fight
The street fighter clobbered three opponents before the security guards finally pulled him away.
那名街頭打手連續打趴三個對手，最後才被警衛拉開。
- clobber + person + in + fight/match
文法句型
clobber + person in fight
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1 (HIT HARD): sense 1 focuses on the act of striking; this sense focuses on the outcome — the loser cannot fight back. Object is always a person, never an animal or object.
常見錯誤
clobber — 名詞
1. the clothes, bags, and other personal things that a person owns or is carrying w
行頭；裝備
個人的衣物、裝備或隨身物品
the clothes, bags, and other personal things that a person owns or is carrying with them.
Christopher dumped his football clobber on the kitchen floor after training.
Christopher 訓練完，把他的足球行頭往廚房地板一丟。
uncountable: noun + clobber
Yael packed her riding clobber into the back of the car before the long drive.
Yael 在長途駕車前，把她的騎馬裝備收進後車廂。
domain-specific clobber: riding/sailing/skiing
Get your clobber out of the hallway before your grandmother arrives.
在你阿嬤到之前，把你的行頭從走廊上收走。
informal British spoken request
Nicholas left his school clobber in a heap by the front door every evening.
Nicholas 每天傍晚都把他的學校行頭丟在前門旁邊一堆。
- activity + clobber (football clobber, school clobber)
文法句型
uncountable: all my clobber
用法筆記
Mainly British and Australian English; rare in American English. Always uncountable — no plural form. Often paired with an activity word: 'fishing clobber', 'school clobber', 'gym clobber'.
常見錯誤
同根字
- clobbering名詞C2
常見搭配
常用片語
- get clobbered
- clobber over the head
- clobber by a wide margin