golf

• n. 高尔夫球；高尔夫球运动
• vi. 打高尔夫球
• n. (Golf)人名；(西、挪)戈尔夫

来自苏格兰语，词源有争议。

golf (n.)

mid-15c., Scottish gouf, usually taken as an alteration of Middle Dutch colf, colve "stick, club, bat," from Proto-Germanic *kulth- (cognates: Old Norse kolfr "clapper of a bell," German Kolben "mace, club, butt-end of a gun"). The game is from 14c., the word is first mentioned (along with fut-bol) in a 1457 Scottish statute on forbidden games (a later ordinance decrees, "That in na place of the realme thair be vsit fut-ballis, golf, or vther sic unprofitabill sportis" [Acts James IV, 1491, c.53]). Despite what you read on the Internet, "golf" is not an acronym. Golf ball attested from 1540s; the motorized golf-cart from 1951. Golf widow is from 1890.

Oh! who a golfer's bride would be,
Fast mated with a laddie
Who every day goes out to tee
And with him takes the caddie.

["The Golf Widow's Lament," in "Golf," Oct. 31, 1890]

golf (v.)

c. 1800, from golf (n.). Related: Golfed; golfing.

1. Walking and golf increased in popularity during the 1980s.

在20世纪80年代越来越多的人喜欢上了远足或是打高尔夫球。

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2. 673 private golf clubs took part in a recent study.

673家私人高尔夫俱乐部参与了最近的研究。

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3. At least three British golf courses are now owned by the Japanese.

现在英国至少有3家高尔夫球场为日本人所有。

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4. Johnson was clad casually in slacks and a light blue golf shirt.

约翰逊身穿休闲宽松的长裤，配以淡蓝色高尔夫衬衫。

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5. Weir broke his leg in a freak accident playing golf.

韦尔因为一次打高尔夫时发生的离奇事故折断了腿。

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