mulligan

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Ellipsis of mulligan stew. abbreviation,alt-of,countable,ellipsis,uncountable
    — "I've got a mulligan on the stove upstairs," grinned Sloan, getting out of his chair.
  2. An unpenalized chance to re-take a stroke that went awry. countable,uncountable
    — If you lose your drive in the water, take a mulligan and try again.
  3. An opportunity (sometimes penalized) for a player to reshuffle their cards and draw a new initial hand at the beginning of a game. countable,uncountable
    — Pokemon has a mulligan rule: if you have no Pokemon in your opening hand, you show it to your opponent and redraw. You may also take a mulligan, I believe, if your opening hand has no basic power cards.
  4. A second chance. broadly,countable,uncountable
    — Don't do poorly in your first interview; you won't get a mulligan.

词形变化

mulligans plural

词汇关系

相关词
mulligan car

词源

Attested since the 1930s in the sense “chance to re-take a golf stroke”; probably from the name Mulligan, after a golfer who replayed a stroke. See Wikipedia for more information.
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