| 单词 | half-stroke |
| 释义 | > as lemmashalf-stroke half-stroke n. Golf (a) a shot played with a half swing or reduced power; = half-shot n.; (b) a stroke every second hole, esp. given as a handicap to a weaker player; cf. half-one n. ΘΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [noun] > types of shot or stroke putta1754 like1790 drive1829 tee-shot1850 gobble1857 push shot1865 iron shot1870 push stroke1873 drive-off1884 slice1886 raker1888 foozle1890 hook1890 iron1890 top1890 sclaff1893 brassy shot1894 run1894 chip shot1899 chip1903 pull1903 skimmer1903 draw shot1904 brassy1906 pitch-and-run1908 windcheater1909 air shot1920 chip-in1921 explosion1924 downhiller1925 blast1927 driver1927 shank1927 socket1927 recovery1937 whiff1952 pinsplitter1961 comebacker1965 bump-and-run1981 1857 H. B. Farnie Golfer's Man. 18 The short spoon..is used for those short and difficult half strokes on to the putting green over a hazard. 1896 W. Park Game of Golf v. 107 Three-quarter and half strokes are..much more difficult to play than full shots. 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 461 A half-stroke or over, both in singles and foursomes, shall count as one. 1956 Times 25 Sept. 15 Half-strokes will be counted as such, not as whole strokes as is usual. 2017 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 6 Apr. An improvement of a half-stroke per round increases a player's earning potential by 73 percent. half-stroke half-stroke n. Golf = half-one n. ΚΠ 1896 W. Park Game of Golf v. 107 Three-quarter and half strokes are..much more difficult to play than full shots. 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 461 A half~stroke or over, both in singles and foursomes, shall count as one. < as lemmas |
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