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birdie

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Birds, Golf, Other sports
bird·ie1 /ˈbɜːdi $ ˈbɜːrdi/ noun [countable]  1. spokenHBB a word meaning a little bird, used especially by or to children 小鸟儿〔尤为儿语〕2. DSGin golf, a score that is one less than par 小鸟球〔指高尔夫球中比标准杆数少一杆入洞〕3. American EnglishDSO a small object with feathers that you hit across the net in a game of badminton 羽毛球 SYN British English shuttlecock5 see picture at 见图 sport1
Examples from the Corpus
birdieThere, Leonard recorded a birdie and Mickelson had a 3-putt bogey.Woods, sensing blood, hit a fantastic second from 149 yards that almost went in, leaving him a gimme birdie.It started that great birdie run by Lee.But Irwin missed his birdie attempt and Morgan tapped in a bogey to win.But Jacklin was still in a position to make birdie, about 12 feet away.Do you think he smiled after the birdie?He had talked Walker into it, and she holed the birdie putt.
Related topics: Golf
birdie2 verb [transitive]  DSGin golf, to get the ball into the hole in one hit less than par 〔高尔夫球中〕以小鸟球打入(洞) Woods birdied the last two holes. 伍兹最后两洞打出了小鸟球。
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bird·ie1 nounbirdie2 verbChineseSyllable
bird, Corpus used a meaning little a or especially by word


birdie
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birdie1 /ˈbɜːdi $ ˈbɜːrdi/ noun [countable]
1. spoken a word meaning a little bird, used especially by or to children
2. in golf, a score that is one less than par
3. American English a small object with feathers that you hit across the net in a game of badminton
   SYN  shuttlecock British English

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birdie2 verb [transitive]
in golf, to get the ball into the hole in one hit less than par:
    Woods birdied the last two holes.


bir·dieBrE /ˈbɜːdi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbɜːrdi/ 🔊 noun(informal) a child's word for a little bird 小鸟(儿语)(in golf 高尔夫球) a score of one stroke less than par (= the standard score for a hole) 小鸟击(比标准杆少一杆入洞)   compare bogey (4) , eagle (2) (NAmE) = shuttlecock