| 单词 | miniature golf |
| 释义 | > as lemmasminiature golf miniature golf n. a form of golf played on a small-scale course or (now usually) on a novelty putting course. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > forms of golf > [noun] miniature golf1890 clock golf1899 best ball1920 putt-putt1922 midget golf1930 crazy golf1936 minigolf1950 mini-putt1971 pitch-and-putt1972 1890 Dundee Courier & Argus 9 May New Patents... Alexander Stuart, jun., Regent Terrace, Edinburgh, ‘The game of miniature golf’. 1907 Brit. Patent 19851/1906 1 This invention relates to a new game of what may be described as miniature golf and apparatus therefor. 1909 Amer. Golfer May 382/2 Act II... The editorial sanctum—Furniture arranged as miniature golf course—bunker of chairs guarding desk. 1915 F. M. Hueffer Good Soldier i. i. 10 Sitting together..in front of the club house, let us say, at Homburg..watching the miniature golf. 1930 Daily Express 6 Oct. 8/3 The Government's experts have been investigating the subject because of the demand the miniature golf establishments are creating for materials. 1966 J. Ball Cool Cottontail xi. 118 He and his date played miniature golf, had dinner, and saw a movie. 1989 New Scientist 11 Mar. 36/1 [They] tested this hypothesis by studying a group of people playing miniature golf. < as lemmas |
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