释义
[ golf, gawlf; British also gof ] SHOW IPA
/ gɒlf, gɔlf; British also gɒf / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a game in which clubs with wooden or metal heads are used to hit a small, white ball into a number of holes, usually 9 or 18, in succession, situated at various distances over a course having natural or artificial obstacles, the object being to get the ball into each hole in as few strokes as possible.
a word used in communications to represent the letter G.
verb (used without object) Origin of golf 1425–75; late Middle English; of uncertain origin
OTHER WORDS FROM golf golfer, noun non·golf·er, noun Words nearby golf Goldwater, Barry, goldwork, Goldwyn, Goldwynism, golem, golf , golf bag, golf ball, golf cart, golf club, golf course
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So he turned around, and got in the back of the golf cart that was supposed to take him back to his car.
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The Duke disappeared into a darkened side room, where he sat inches from a glowing television screen, gazing at golf .
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No one is quoting Bible verses to explain why they play tennis or enjoy a good game of golf .
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I heard the other day that he had acquired a motor-car, and joined a golf club.
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We walked home together as far as the hotel one evening, but we spoke only of the golf and some shooting in the neighbourhood.
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You do a good many odd jobs in this house, but I'm hanged if you shall clean my golf sticks.
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Early the next morning, after a cup of coffee with Alis Garet at Cavalier's cafeteria, he started back for the golf course.
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For golf , like her fairer sister cricket, reveals her wild and fickle heart in a truer lovableness at such places as this.
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British Dictionary definitions for golf (1 of 2) noun a game played on a large open course, the object of which is to hit a ball using clubs, with as few strokes as possible, into each of usually 18 holes (as modifier ) a golf bag Word Origin for golf C15: perhaps from Middle Dutch colf club
British Dictionary definitions for golf (2 of 2) noun communications a code word for the letter g
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