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noun ˈpʌtəˈpədər 1A golf club designed for use in putting, typically with a flat-faced head. （高尔夫）推杆，轻击棒 Example sentencesExamples - Don't worry about aim or how you're gripping the putter, just focus on distance.
- Second, he imagines that the putter shaft is a giant pencil.
- I swing the putter at the same pace back and through to control the speed.
- To use the long putter, place the top of the grip against your sternum with your left hand.
- But when I go with the belly putter, everything seems to be right.
2with adjective A golfer considered in terms of putting ability. （高尔夫球）轻击者 you'll need to be a good putter to break par 为了能在标准杆数上胜出，你一定要练好轻击本领。 Example sentencesExamples - The polish to being a good putter comes from having a regular putting routine.
- She was a poor putter but still won 82 tournaments.
- Once he becomes a better putter, there will be no stopping him.
- Because he thinks that way, he's able to be a great putter.
- You probably are not a very good putter unless you have a really good attitude.
noun ˈpʌtəˈpədər The rapid intermittent sound of a small petrol engine. （小型汽油引擎的）噗噗声 the putter of an old aeroplane 一架旧飞机发出的噗噗声。 Example sentencesExamples - We chatted as the train puttered up into some of the most impressive mountains I'd ever seen.
- We haul our camera and camping gear, all 600 pounds of it, onto a tiny rubber dinghy and putter out to his boat.
- Then we climb back into our SUVs and putter away.
- Jun summed it up after we puttered around a while together and then came home.
- I had a great time in San Francisco puttering around with Jish.
- We puttered our way along up Haight St., browsed in Booksmith (excellent bookstore) and then walked back to the car via the rose garden.
verb ˈpʌtəˈpədər [no object]Move with or make a puttering sound. barges puttered slowly through the water 驳船噗噗地慢慢驶过水面。 Example sentencesExamples - By the time we putter slowly down the Sound of Jura, the clouds have cleared and the day has revealed itself to be a classic.
- There was no familiar puttering sound of a car, which held a boy that couldn't help but hold a spell over me.
- I've had a grand week off, puttering about here and there, catching up on some sleep, and some reading.
- The sisters spend their days doing little more than puttering in the garden and bickering over dinner.
- He puttered towards the Kilo and spun the wheel quickly to the right, then cut the engines.
- In the background, a little boy was puttering around, curious but embarrassed.
- I think it is likely to be all about exploration first, puttering around Lincolnshire in the little blue Ford.
- A tourist boat putters by in the canal; the sails of the huge windmill overhead cast long, cool shadows across the road.
- Entering the house, I passed the kitchen where I could hear my mum puttering around.
- He putters to a piano whilst the band provide gentle harmonies around him.
- I was puttering along happily, doing about 28 mph.
- The conversation slowly puttered back, like a stalling car, and we were cruising again.
- A fishing boat puttered and faded a couple of miles away.
- There is a long road ahead to be sure, but the Carly Fiorina engine which many expected to backfire seems to be puttering along okay.
- A small fishing boat putters forth, ‘manned’ by two old women wearing black.
- The silvery Tay turns out to be a dirty brown and the city's Stalinesque tower blocks dominate the skyline as the train putters in from the south.
- She was puttering around in the kitchen when she heard the faint rumble of the fan kicking on.
- During that time, Mark puttered in the engine room, tinkering, and just in general keeping an eye on things.
- The four-speed gearbox had a very low first gear, allowing a farmer to putter along at walking pace behind stock.
- She could hear her mother puttering around in the kitchen, preparing dinner.
verb ˈpʌtəˈpədər North American nounˈpədərˈpədər 1A golf club designed for use in putting, typically with a flat-faced head. （高尔夫）推杆，轻击棒 Example sentencesExamples - Second, he imagines that the putter shaft is a giant pencil.
- To use the long putter, place the top of the grip against your sternum with your left hand.
- But when I go with the belly putter, everything seems to be right.
- I swing the putter at the same pace back and through to control the speed.
- Don't worry about aim or how you're gripping the putter, just focus on distance.
2with adjective A golfer considered in terms of putting ability. （高尔夫球）轻击者 you'll need to be a good putter to break par 为了能在标准杆数上胜出，你一定要练好轻击本领。 Example sentencesExamples - You probably are not a very good putter unless you have a really good attitude.
- Once he becomes a better putter, there will be no stopping him.
- The polish to being a good putter comes from having a regular putting routine.
- She was a poor putter but still won 82 tournaments.
- Because he thinks that way, he's able to be a great putter.
nounˈpədərˈpədər The rapid intermittent sound of a small gasoline engine. （小型汽油引擎的）噗噗声 the putter of an old airplane 一架旧飞机发出的噗噗声。 Example sentencesExamples - Then we climb back into our SUVs and putter away.
- Jun summed it up after we puttered around a while together and then came home.
- I had a great time in San Francisco puttering around with Jish.
- We puttered our way along up Haight St., browsed in Booksmith (excellent bookstore) and then walked back to the car via the rose garden.
- We chatted as the train puttered up into some of the most impressive mountains I'd ever seen.
- We haul our camera and camping gear, all 600 pounds of it, onto a tiny rubber dinghy and putter out to his boat.
verbˈpədərˈpədər Move with or make a rapid intermittent sound. barges puttered slowly through the water 驳船噗噗地慢慢驶过水面。 Example sentencesExamples - The silvery Tay turns out to be a dirty brown and the city's Stalinesque tower blocks dominate the skyline as the train putters in from the south.
- She could hear her mother puttering around in the kitchen, preparing dinner.
- A fishing boat puttered and faded a couple of miles away.
- I think it is likely to be all about exploration first, puttering around Lincolnshire in the little blue Ford.
- There was no familiar puttering sound of a car, which held a boy that couldn't help but hold a spell over me.
- He putters to a piano whilst the band provide gentle harmonies around him.
- The sisters spend their days doing little more than puttering in the garden and bickering over dinner.
- There is a long road ahead to be sure, but the Carly Fiorina engine which many expected to backfire seems to be puttering along okay.
- In the background, a little boy was puttering around, curious but embarrassed.
- By the time we putter slowly down the Sound of Jura, the clouds have cleared and the day has revealed itself to be a classic.
- A small fishing boat putters forth, ‘manned’ by two old women wearing black.
- I was puttering along happily, doing about 28 mph.
- The four-speed gearbox had a very low first gear, allowing a farmer to putter along at walking pace behind stock.
- Entering the house, I passed the kitchen where I could hear my mum puttering around.
- She was puttering around in the kitchen when she heard the faint rumble of the fan kicking on.
- A tourist boat putters by in the canal; the sails of the huge windmill overhead cast long, cool shadows across the road.
- I've had a grand week off, puttering about here and there, catching up on some sleep, and some reading.
- During that time, Mark puttered in the engine room, tinkering, and just in general keeping an eye on things.
- The conversation slowly puttered back, like a stalling car, and we were cruising again.
- He puttered towards the Kilo and spun the wheel quickly to the right, then cut the engines.
verbˈpədərˈpədər [no object]North American 1Occupy oneself in a desultory but pleasant manner, doing a number of small tasks or not concentrating on anything particular. early morning is the best time of the day to putter around in the garden Example sentencesExamples - I sigh in exasperation when they putter around and block the aisles.
- What that really means is that I'm going to potter about with my templates and make lots of unnecessary changes to indulge my need to do something other than study.
- You can hike through the forest or along deserted beaches, or potter about in small boats or canoes.
- He had more confidence to get about and could do a lot more - it allowed him to potter about in the house, in the garden and the greenhouse.
- So the gang started puttering around with a car recovery system.
- Instead, the rooftop gardener can putter around doing a little staking and tying here, a little dead-heading of flowers there.
- I used to love trotting out of a morning to potter about the wilderness in my gown and pyjamas, all unshaved and generally unkempt.
- Surely only childishness can induce you to putter around with a computer at a time-critical moment of family crisis, rather than dialing emergency services?
- I have to have somewhere that I can potter about in - a sanctuary.
- With that she wandered back to the kitchen, leaving me to putter around with Robert's system.
- So will Marie now close the front door of her home and put on her slippers and potter about the house, now she has mornings on her hands.
- The employees manning these centres are trained to remain unobtrusive and encourage the visitors to potter about, handling the products on display.
- We'd putter around her apartment complex, meeting the same friends of hers that I met each time before.
- I rush upstairs, turn on the taps and potter about a bit in my dressing gown until the harsh, loud tone of the telephone interrupts me.
- I putter around my house all night, taking out trash, yada yada.
- He is ‘not really into’ nightclubs and is looking for a quiet house ‘with a nice garden, somewhere to potter about like the old boy I am’.
- From April onwards, we potter about outside, spotting gaps where we might plant another beautiful specimen,
- We tracked down a house in Malvern where one of them used to live, then went to St Kilda Cemetery to potter about among the graves.
- Across the manicured yard a couple of workers putter around the porch.
- Any chance of running some good projects for those of us who putter around in the basement during the winter months?
- 1.1with adverbial of direction Move or go in a casual, unhurried way.
the duck putters on the surface of the pond Example sentencesExamples - My parents, as they potter through Camberwell and snooty suburbs walking their dog, chat away with locals and the subject often comes up.
- I trudged to my distant little-green-car and puttered over to Kilbirnie, sun all golden and slanty at my back.
- Here he comes, puttering up in his little soapbox derby car with its duck horn.
- As you putter across the 200 yard channel in the old diesel ferry, the lines of pinpoint lights become knee-high lamps lining the stone pathways.
- After opening the funky present from his housemate Meg, he potters off to the shower.
- He putters to a piano whilst the band provide gentle harmonies around him.
- She stood up once the van puttered away and walked back inside.
- I think it is likely to be all about exploration first, puttering around Lincolnshire in the little blue Ford.
- I was puttering along happily, doing about 28 mph.
- Last night after I'd done some ferocious blogging and blog-surfing I began to potter home.
- So they came and stayed for a little bit, and then puttered off again.
- A few minutes passed, and the shuttle puttered past most of the other vessels, who gave it readings and signals to verify its presence and crew.
- By the time we putter slowly down the Sound of Jura, the clouds have cleared and the day has revealed itself to be a classic.
- She potters from the gates of The House, in its evil-grey uniform, and peers up and down the street.
- And after a few pints, I've been known to potter home on it, slow and cautious and wobbly.
- People are just wandering to church in their purple nylon jackets, or pottering along in rackety Skodas.
- At the end I was ready to be alone for a while, so I walked down through the park to Haight Street and slowly puttered along all afternoon, shopping.
- All was well, and we puttered down the street, at a snails pace (not quite literally) due to all the traffic.
- Still we puttered on, with the driver himself stopping from time to time asking passers-by on the road, ‘Ashram?’
OriginLate 19th century (originally US): alteration of potter. |