flagstick

/ˈflæɡ.stɪk/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈflæɡˌstɪk/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈflag-ˌstik/ (ame, mw)

flagstick — 名詞

  • flagsticksingular
  • flagsticksplural

1. a tall thin pole with a small flag on top, set in the hole on a putting green so

1.名詞C1
釋義

旗桿

高爾夫球洞上標示位置的小旗桿

a tall thin pole with a small flag on top, set in the hole on a putting green so that golfers can see from far away where they should aim their ball.

例句

Ayesha asked the caddie to remove the flagstick before she putted on the 17th green.

Ayesha 在第十七洞推桿前，請桿弟把旗桿拔起來。

collocation: remove the flagstick

From the fairway Christopher could just make out the red flagstick rising above the bunker.

從球道上，Christopher 只能勉強看見沙坑後方那支紅色旗桿。

typical scene: spotting the flagstick from distance

同義詞
  • pin

    informal everyday golf term; players say 'aim at the pin' far more often than 'aim at the flagstick'

  • flag

    loose shorthand; technically the flag is only the cloth piece on top of the pole

文法句型

the flagstick

remove/replace the flagstick

用法筆記

Only used about golf. Subject of common verbs is usually a player or caddie (remove, replace, hold, tend), or the ball (hit, strike, rattle).

常見錯誤

❌He pulled out the flag stick from the hole.
✅He pulled out the flagstick from the hole.
💡written as one word, not two.