clobber
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++clob·ber1 /ˈklɒbə $ ˈklɑːbər/ verb [transitive] informal 1. HITto hit someone very hard 狠打，狠揍2 HARM/BE BAD FORto affect or punish someone or something badly, especially by making them lose money 使遭受沉重损失 The paper got clobbered for libel. 该报因诽谤而受重罚。 The company has been clobbered by falling property prices. 这家公司因房地产价格下跌而损失惨重。3 BEAT/DEFEATto defeat someone very easily in a way that is embarrassing for the team that loses 彻底击败 The Dallas Cowboys clobbered the Buffalo Bills last night. 昨晚达拉斯牛仔队大败布法罗比尔队。→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
clobber• And as the electric industry is deregulated and marches toward increased competition, inefficient utilities could get clobbered.• Boy, do you feel alone when you get clobbered.• Circumstantial evidence, I know, but evidence that strongly suggests that the engineer was clobbered by a heavy metallic instrument.• He got clobbered by a kid on the playground.• A summer jump in ad sales was clobbered by Black Wednesday.• Meanwhile, several Parnassus holdings were clobbered by disappointing earnings or other problems.• The kids are bored, and have nothing to do but clobber each other.• Manage diversity, trainers preached, or risk getting clobbered in the global marketplace of the 21st century.• We got clobbered last year by rising production costs.• The Lakers clobbered the Jazz, 83 to 66.• John Smith was now committed to clobbering the poor by reversing their tax cut as soon as Labour got in.• And Kinnock tells us we are being clobbered unduly because we shall pay £600 next year!clobber2 noun [uncountable] British English informal CLOTHESsomeone’s possessions, especially their clothes 随身物品；〔尤指〕衣物 Liam’s football clobber 利亚姆的足球服Examples from the Corpus
clobber• They were girls who just wanted to have fun in dodgy clobber.• The rag trade adopted the same approach when it came to designing and flogging its clobber.• The Special Branch man couldn't believe his eyes as all our clobber went into the plane at Elstree.• With weight belt, ankle weights and all the rest of the clobber, I struggled to remember the buddy checks.clob·ber1 verbclobber2 nounChineseSyllable
Corpus very to hit someone hard
clobber
clob‧ber1 /ˈklɒbə $ ˈklɑːbər/ 
verb [transitive] informal
1. to hit someone very hard
2. to affect or punish someone or something badly, especially by making them lose money:
The paper got clobbered for libel.
The company has been clobbered by falling property prices.
3. to defeat someone very easily in a way that is embarrassing for the team that loses:
The Dallas Cowboys clobbered the Buffalo Bills last night.
clobber2 noun [uncountable] British English informal
someone’s possessions, especially their clothes:
Liam’s football clobber
| I |
verb [transitive] informal1. to hit someone very hard
2. to affect or punish someone or something badly, especially by making them lose money:
3. to defeat someone very easily in a way that is embarrassing for the team that loses:
| II |
noun [uncountable] British English informalsomeone’s possessions, especially their clothes: