putt
英 [pʌt] 美 [pʌt]
n.(高尔夫球)推杆 vt.短打；把球轻轻打进洞
◉Etymology
“Putt” 这个词主要与高尔夫运动相关，来源于苏格兰英语。它源自古苏格兰语的“putten”，意指“推动”或“推送”。在高尔夫运动中，putt 指的是用较短的推杆将球推向洞口的动作。这一术语首次出现在19世纪中叶，并在高尔夫的语境中得到了广泛使用。
◉外刊例句
1.《纽约时报》 (The New York Times), 2023年7月25日
“He missed the putt by a fraction of an inch, costing him the championship.”
“他错失了那一杆，距离仅差一线，这使他失去了冠军。”
2.《卫报》 (The Guardian), 2022年5月14日
“Her perfect putt on the 18th hole secured her victory in the tournament.”
“她在第18洞的完美推杆确保了她在比赛中的胜利。”
◉经典名著
在亨利·詹姆斯的小说《华盛顿广场》（Washington Square）中，“putt” 主要用于描述高尔夫球场上的一个场景：
“He executed a flawless putt, sending the ball gently towards the hole with a skillful touch.”“他打出了一个完美的推杆，以熟练的触感将球轻轻送向洞口。”◉Usage Examples
(1) John tried to help the putt fall by using body English.
(2) That looks like a difficult putt.
(1) 约翰尽量把身体扭向洞口方向以期高尔夫球能落进洞内。
(2) 这一杆看起来很难推。
◉Usage Notes
To putt is to hit a golf ball softly with a club, usually when you're close to the hole. Golfers use a special club called a putter when they're ready to putt.
The distance between your golf ball and the hole determines how you putt, but the stroke is generally gentle, intended to get the ball on the green or all the way into the hole. Unlike other golf strokes that send the ball arcing through the air, a putt is always meant to simply roll it. Putt is a Scottish word that originally meant "to shove" or "to push," and came to include the golf meaning in 1743.
◉Colins
1. [N-COUNT 可数名词]（高尔夫球中的）轻击，转击入穴，推球入洞 A putt is a stroke in golf that you make when the ball has reached the green in an attempt to get the ball in the hole.
...a 5-foot putt.
五英尺远的轻击
2. [VERB 动词]（高尔夫球中）轻击（球），转击（球）入穴，推（球）入洞 In golf, when you putt the ball, you hit a putt. [V]
Turner, however, putted superbly, twice holing from 40 feet.
然而特纳两次从40英尺处漂亮地将球轻击入洞。
