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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries信天翁
Pronunciation / Transliteration: xìn tiān wēng
"他在五杆洞打出了一记信天翁球。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A score of three strokes under par on a single golf hole, also commonly referred to as an albatross.
"She made a brilliant double-eagle on the par-five fourteenth hole." - 2
A former United States gold coin with a denomination of twenty dollars, issued between 1850 and 1933.
"The collector displayed a rare 1907 Saint-Gaudens double-eagle in pristine condition."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the combination of 'double' (from Old French doble, from Latin duplus) and 'eagle' (from Old French egle, from Latin aquila). Originally coined in the 19th century to describe high-denomination United States gold coins worth twenty dollars, possessing twice the value of a standard eagle coin, and later adopted in golf to denote a score of three strokes under par on a single hole.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Double-eagle" is said worldwide
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albatros
Transliteration: /al.ba.tʁɔs/
"Il a réussi un albatros sur le par cinq."
Albatros
Transliteration: /ˈalbatʁɔs/
"Er spielte einen Albatros auf dem Par-5-Loch."
albatros
Transliteration: /ˈalbatros/
"Ha realizzato un albatros alla buca cinque."
albatros
Transliteration: /alˈba.tɾos/
"Consiguió un albatros en el hoyo cinco."
albatroz
Transliteration: /aw.baˈtɾɔs/
"Ele conseguiu um albatroz no buraco cinco."
डबल ईगल
Transliteration: dabal igal
"उसने गोल्फ के खेल में डबल ईगल स्कोर किया।"
信天翁
Transliteration: xìn tiān wēng
"他在五杆洞打出了一记信天翁球。"
알바트로스
Transliteration: albateuroseu
"그는 파 5 홀에서 알바트로스를 기록했다."
アルバトロス
Transliteration: arubatorosu
"彼はパー5のホールでアルバトロスを達成した。"
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