词汇 | putt |
词源 | putt. According to most sports historians, putt is simply a Scottish pronunciation and spelling of put, which was first re- corded in 1743. Thus to putt a golf ball into the hole is to put it in the hole. Those who trace the origin of golf to Holland, how- ever, believe that putt derives from the Dutch word for the hole itself. |
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