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词汇 dogleg
释义 dogleg
noun[ C ]
(alsodog-leg)uk /ˈdɒɡ.leɡ/ us /ˈdɑːɡ.leɡ/
a sharp bend, especially in a road or on a golf course: (尤指公路或高尔夫球场的)急转弯
The driver lost control as he tried to negotiate a dogleg on a steep mountain road.
The 17th hole is a left-hand dog-leg.
The road makes a dog-leg towards Puerto in the east.
The main road describes a dog-leg through the site.
The Southern Hills course has many doglegs.
The last hole is a nasty uphill dogleg.
Near the end of the marathon comes a dog-leg right turn in front of Buckingham Palace.
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Geometry: bends, loops & curves
dogleg
adjective
(alsodog-leg)uk /ˈdɒɡ.leɡ/ us /ˈdɑːɡ.leɡ/
(of a route) bending sharply, especially in a road or on a golf course:
We had to follow a dog-leg diversion around the roadworks.
The next hole is a dogleg right.
The golf course was designed by the famous James Braid, who specialized in dogleg layouts.
A dogleg side passageway in a garden means you have the chance to create an element of surprise as you turn the corner.
Everyone was following the same dog-leg route.
The main hall has a pair of massive Tuscan plaster columns and an elegant dog-leg staircase.
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dogleg
verb[ I ]
(alsodog-leg)
to take a route that bends sharply:
The course doglegs right and then left.
The highway dog-legs right to cross the river
Go through the gate, dogleg left and right round the end of the barn and then join the farm lane.
The road sweeps on to the village of Palékastro, then doglegs south.
There was a line of people stretching down South Braddock Avenue and doglegging past the gas station.
I took a photo from the plane of the deep water channel that dog-legged in from the west.
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arc
bend
conic
curve
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fishhook
geniculate
helically
meander
parabola
sigmoidally
spiral
spline
sweepy
swoosh
tightness
trajectory
twist
whirl

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Examples of dogleg


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The edge cores, however, dogleg rapidly down toward basic chemistry, labeled "rush to base" in the figure.
A dogleg right, the ocean is a constant companion along the entire right side of the hole.
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Longer holes, such as the 4th and 5th, feature doglegs around the sea edge.
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A hole's direction may bend twice, which is called a double dogleg.
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For blast protection and defensibility the tunnel was built with a dogleg.
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The hole is called a dogleg left if the hole angles leftwards and dogleg right if it bends right.
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On this dogleg right, longer hitters may attempt to cut off the dogleg and try to drive the green.
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Often a single path with a discreet curve or dogleg provided the only access.
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The diverted course takes a dogleg in the village and can be found to the west of the church and priory remains on higher ground.
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Two additional poles dogleg into the top frame and have small chain-hooks to hold the doors open.
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Sometimes, a hole's direction may bend twice; this is called a double dogleg.
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The fairway then doglegs left, as well as slightly uphill.
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This par 4 is a dogleg left to an elevated green.
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Bunkers were reconstructed and several of the severe doglegs (bends) were straightened somewhat.
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At the back there is a dogleg staircase which has a cast iron balustrade; above this is an octagonal lantern.
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