golf英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A ball game played by individuals competing against one another in which the object is to hit a ball into each of a series of (usually 18 or nine) holes in the minimum number of strokes. uncountable

— In January, China’s state planner said it had ordered the closure of more than 100 golf courses in a multi-year campaign launched in 2011 to tackle illegal development in the sector. Golf has also been added to a list of Communist Party disciplinary violations, and is often cited in cases of graft.
Alternative letter-case form of Golf from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet. alt-of,uncountable

动词 v.

To play the game of golf. intransitive

— Last mystery of all, he learned to golf.
To write something in as few characters as possible (e.g. in code golf, regex golf)

词形变化

golfs present,singular,third-person golfing participle,present golfed participle,past golfed past

词汇关系

衍生词

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词源

词源 1

The word is first known in English from the 17th century as a borrowing from Middle Scots golf, gouff. Although the etymology is uncertain, the most likely origin is that it comes from the Middle Dutch colve, colf (“club”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kulbaz (“club”), related to German Kolben (“piston, rod”), Swedish kolv (“piston, rod”), Old English clopp (“rock; cliff”), English kelp.

词源 2

The word is first known in English from the 17th century as a borrowing from Middle Scots golf, gouff. Although the etymology is uncertain, the most likely origin is that it comes from the Middle Dutch colve, colf (“club”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kulbaz (“club”), related to German Kolben (“piston, rod”), Swedish kolv (“piston, rod”), Old English clopp (“rock; cliff”), English kelp.