bogey

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bo·gey, bogie /ˈbəʊɡi $ ˈboʊɡi/ noun [countableC] → bogie

1. DSG technical when you take one more shot than par (=the usual number of shots) to get the ball into the hole in golf 柏忌〔在高尔夫球中比标准杆数多一杆入洞〕 → birdie, eagle

2 PROBLEMa problem or difficult situation that makes you feel anxious 使人焦虑的问题[局面]

bogey of

the bogey of recession

经济衰退的困境

3. HBHDCB British EnglishBrE informal a piece of mucus from inside your nose 鼻屎

4. RFa bogeyman 鬼怪，怪物；坏蛋

Examples from the Corpus

bogey• Then I three-putted the sixteenth for a bogey.• But Irwin missed his birdie attempt and Morgan tapped in a bogey to win.• Ed Sneed wilted in 1979, taking a bogey five when a par would have won.• Besides the eagle, Leonard made four birdies and only one bogey.• There, Leonard recorded a birdie and Mickelson had a 3-putt bogey.• From being the bogey of bankers, we are becoming the bankers' friend.

bogey of• the bogey of nuclear weapons in an unstable country

Origin bogey