网站首页  词典首页

请输入您要查询的词汇:

 

词汇 mulligan
释义

Definition of mulligan in English:

mulligan

noun ˈmʌlɪɡ(ə)nˈməlɪɡən
North American informal
  • 1A stew made from odds and ends of food.

    杂烩炖菜

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Ms. Chalmers shows how a simple beef stew can become a hearty mulligan, a Belgian carbonnade, a French boeuf bourguignon, or your own less classic invention.
    • The whole painting is a mulligan stew of form and gesture.
    • But unfortunately, the film also tries to be a suspense thriller, a love story, and god knows what else, until it finally becomes what they used to call mulligan stew.
    • Instead, he seems never to have acknowledged such boundaries, seeing culture more as a mulligan stew than as an endeavor replete with categorical divisions and hierarchies.
    • Later Mrs. Blake recalled how the troop used to hike out to Brown’s Gulch and cook a ‘mulligan.’
  • 2(in informal golf) an extra stroke allowed after a poor shot, not counted on the scorecard.

    加击(高尔夫球非正式比赛中失败后附加的一击,不计分)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Being that Tully is a super senior golfer we allowed him a mulligan off the first tee.
    • So let me get this straight: You want to take mulligans and conceded putts so that you can do well in a tournament, but at the same time not have your handicap be affected?
    • This year every player will receive the ‘Full Monty’ of 24 mulligans inclusive with the entry fee, which is fixed at bht 2,500 each.
    • Other than a few staunch golfing purists, most of us believe in the concept of taking a mulligan.
    • If you take a mulligan, then the second putt is performed as to how you aimed and powered it.
    • Other examples of under-counting allow taking a first-tee mulligan or recording net pars on a round started but not completed because of bad weather.
    • Clinton did this even though he knew that Van Natta was golfing with him for the primary purpose of counting his mulligans.
    • It is not unusual for a friendly match to allow mulligans on the first tee.
    • Our 42nd president was another authority figure well-known for mulligans, not counting shots, and fluffing up his score.
    • As usual, you can tweak just about every conceivable setting before beginning a round, such as mulligans, gimmes, weather and green conditions, and pin difficulty, so that you never have the same game twice.

Origin

Early 20th century: apparently from the surname Mulligan.

Definition of mulligan in US English:

mulligan

nounˈməliɡənˈməlɪɡən
North American informal
  • 1A stew made from odds and ends of food.

    杂烩炖菜

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Later Mrs. Blake recalled how the troop used to hike out to Brown’s Gulch and cook a ‘mulligan.’
    • Ms. Chalmers shows how a simple beef stew can become a hearty mulligan, a Belgian carbonnade, a French boeuf bourguignon, or your own less classic invention.
    • Instead, he seems never to have acknowledged such boundaries, seeing culture more as a mulligan stew than as an endeavor replete with categorical divisions and hierarchies.
    • The whole painting is a mulligan stew of form and gesture.
    • But unfortunately, the film also tries to be a suspense thriller, a love story, and god knows what else, until it finally becomes what they used to call mulligan stew.
  • 2(in informal golf) an extra stroke allowed after a poor shot, not counted on the scorecard.

    加击(高尔夫球非正式比赛中失败后附加的一击,不计分)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is not unusual for a friendly match to allow mulligans on the first tee.
    • Clinton did this even though he knew that Van Natta was golfing with him for the primary purpose of counting his mulligans.
    • Other than a few staunch golfing purists, most of us believe in the concept of taking a mulligan.
    • Being that Tully is a super senior golfer we allowed him a mulligan off the first tee.
    • This year every player will receive the ‘Full Monty’ of 24 mulligans inclusive with the entry fee, which is fixed at bht 2,500 each.
    • Other examples of under-counting allow taking a first-tee mulligan or recording net pars on a round started but not completed because of bad weather.
    • If you take a mulligan, then the second putt is performed as to how you aimed and powered it.
    • So let me get this straight: You want to take mulligans and conceded putts so that you can do well in a tournament, but at the same time not have your handicap be affected?
    • Our 42nd president was another authority figure well-known for mulligans, not counting shots, and fluffing up his score.
    • As usual, you can tweak just about every conceivable setting before beginning a round, such as mulligans, gimmes, weather and green conditions, and pin difficulty, so that you never have the same game twice.

Origin

Early 20th century: apparently from the surname Mulligan.

随便看

 

春雷网英语在线翻译词典收录了464360条英语词汇在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2000-2024 Sndmkt.com All Rights Reserved 更新时间:2024/12/28 15:42:27