单词 | greenkeeper |
释义 | > as lemmasgreenkeeper greenkeeper n. (also greenskeeper) ΚΠ 1685 T. Dangerfield Mem. 4 Receits..Of a Bowling-Green-keeper, 6s. 0.] 1705 J. S. City & Country Recreation viii. 183 At the Bowling-green sometimes this Artifice is used, more especially when..the Green keeper connives with them. 1730 S. Gale Tour through England in Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica No. 2 (1781) i. 47 Neat apartments..for servants and the green-keeper. 1890 H. G. Hutchinson in H. G. Hutchinson et al. Golf (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) xii. 293 The green-keeper, engaged by the club at a certain annual salary to look after the ground. 1922 St. Nicholas May 681/1 Many times he would be just about finishing as the green-keeper arrived at the club to start his morning's work. 1992 Entrepreneur Mar. 69/1 My father..helped the greenskeeper pick up all the tees before they mowed. 2007 Golf Punk Oct. 141/1 It's an illustration of the challenge the greenkeepers face to keep the course in lush condition in such a thirsty landscape. < as lemmas |
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