单词 | golf |
释义 | golf/ɡɒlf![]() noun 1 [mass noun] A game played on a large open-air course, in which a small hard ball is struck with a club into a series of small holes in the ground, the object being to use the fewest possible strokes to complete the course.A man was playing a game of golf, and on hole 16, he hit the ball right into a field of buttercups....
A golf course usually has 18 holes, each set in a smooth lawn (a green) separated from the others by stretches of smooth grass (fairways), rough ground, sand-filled bunkers, and other hazards. Various clubs are used to hit the ball from a tee towards the green, up to 450 m away, and then putt it into the hole. 2A code word representing the letter G, used in radio communication. verb [no object] (often as noun golfing) Play golf.The idea behind pasture golf is golfing without all the pomp and circumstance....
OriginLate Middle English (originally Scots): perhaps related to Dutch kolf 'club, bat', used as a term in several Dutch games; golf, however, is recorded before these games.
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