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单词 divot
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Definition of divot in English:

divot

noun ˈdɪvətˈdɪvət
  • 1A piece of turf cut out of the ground by a golf club in making a stroke or by a sports player's boot.

    he hit a wedge shot and carved a hefty divot out of the fairway
    Example sentencesExamples
    • With full swings, try to make divots on the target side of the line.
    • This should be evident in the shape and depth of your divots.
    • Normally I take big divots, but these wedges don't dig at all.
    • The one rule that I think is absolutely absurd is when they fill divots with sand and you're not allowed to lift your ball out of it.
    • Instead of looking at the downside of things, when you walk into the fairway and find your drive in a divot, look on the positive side.
    • Then pick out something close - a discoloration in the grass, a bush, an old divot - that's on the line of the shaft.
    • Excluding the cost of fairway seeding, a typical program with bentgrass for greens, and divots on tees and fairways is about $2,500.
    • He rarely takes big divots, so it's not a shot he fears.
    • When you practice on natural grass, use the divots from your previous shots as guides for your next one.
    • Hit with a descending blow, and even take a small divot.
    • If you are creating giant-size, King Kong divots, you're digging too deeply into the ground.
    • Jack Nicklaus, one of the game's best long-iron players, never seemed to take a divot.
    • Practice hitting from divots, so you won't be in shock when you land in one.
    • If your divots are short and deep, it's because you're using too much right hand.
    • I may be bald, but I'll never glue one of those divots on my head, and that's a promise.
    • After every shot from the fairway, I always take a quick look at the divot I just made.
    • Believe it or not, players can learn as much from a brief examination of their divots as from any computer analysis of their swing.
    • If your divots are too deep with your irons or if you're taking divots with your driver, you need to flatten out your swing.
    • Practice on grass if you can, and check your divots.
    • Then came the click as his iron met the ball and the immediate shower of turf that followed as his club gouged a divot.
    1. 1.1 A small hole made by the removal of a divot.
      if your ball finds a divot to rest in
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It was impossible to dribble the ball for more than five yards before it hopped on a divot or dropped in a crumbly hole.
      • Bedi spun it like a top, the ball occasionally taking a divot out of the wet mud that passed for a wicket.
      • He was allowed, after 28 minutes, to dribble from midfield to the edge of the box, before the ball bobbled on one of the many divots.
  • 2Scottish A piece of turf, as formerly used for roofing cottages.

Origin

Early 16th century: of unknown origin.

Rhymes

pivot
 
 

Definition of divot in US English:

divot

nounˈdivətˈdɪvət
  • 1A piece of turf cut out of the ground by a golf club in making a stroke.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • With full swings, try to make divots on the target side of the line.
    • Excluding the cost of fairway seeding, a typical program with bentgrass for greens, and divots on tees and fairways is about $2,500.
    • Practice on grass if you can, and check your divots.
    • Then pick out something close - a discoloration in the grass, a bush, an old divot - that's on the line of the shaft.
    • Instead of looking at the downside of things, when you walk into the fairway and find your drive in a divot, look on the positive side.
    • After every shot from the fairway, I always take a quick look at the divot I just made.
    • This should be evident in the shape and depth of your divots.
    • Then came the click as his iron met the ball and the immediate shower of turf that followed as his club gouged a divot.
    • He rarely takes big divots, so it's not a shot he fears.
    • Practice hitting from divots, so you won't be in shock when you land in one.
    • When you practice on natural grass, use the divots from your previous shots as guides for your next one.
    • Hit with a descending blow, and even take a small divot.
    • Jack Nicklaus, one of the game's best long-iron players, never seemed to take a divot.
    • If you are creating giant-size, King Kong divots, you're digging too deeply into the ground.
    • The one rule that I think is absolutely absurd is when they fill divots with sand and you're not allowed to lift your ball out of it.
    • Normally I take big divots, but these wedges don't dig at all.
    • If your divots are short and deep, it's because you're using too much right hand.
    • If your divots are too deep with your irons or if you're taking divots with your driver, you need to flatten out your swing.
    • Believe it or not, players can learn as much from a brief examination of their divots as from any computer analysis of their swing.
    • I may be bald, but I'll never glue one of those divots on my head, and that's a promise.
    1. 1.1Scottish A piece of turf, as formerly used for roofing cottages.

Origin

Early 16th century: of unknown origin.

 
 
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