dogleg
noun [ C ] (also dog-leg) uk/ˈdɒɡ.leɡ/ us/ˈdɑːɡ.leɡ/
（尤指公路或高尔夫球场的）急转弯
a sharp bend, especially in a road or on a golf course
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.
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- 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.