English Dictionary

divot

/ˈdɪvət/

noun

(especially golf) A torn-up piece of turf, especially by a golf club in making a stroke or by a horse's hoof. / A disruption in an otherwise smooth contour.

He hit the ball and created a divot on the golf course.

意味（1）

(especially golf) A torn-up piece of turf, especially by a golf club in making a stroke or by a horse's hoof.

Usually her voice came over the wire as something fresh and cool, as if a divot from a green golf-links had come sailing in at the office window, but this morning it seemed harsh and dry.

意味（2）

A disruption in an otherwise smooth contour.

In these coldest hours before dawn, from three until six, I take up my knife again and hack at the chockstone. I continue to make minimal but visible progress in the divot.

意味（3）

(mathematics, astronomy) a drop in a graph between two linear portions (example)