| 单词 | bowl |
| 释义 | bowl 1. n. 1. a a usu. round deep basin used for food or liquid. b the quantity (of soup etc.) a bowl holds. c the contents of a bowl. 2. a any deep-sided container shaped like a bowl (lavatory bowl). b the bowl-shaped part of a tobacco-pipe, spoon, balance, etc. 3. esp. US a bowl-shaped region or building, esp. an amphitheatre (Hollywood Bowl). Derivatives bowlful n. (pl. -fuls). Etymology: OE bolle, bolla, f. Gmc 2. n. & v. --n 1. a a wooden or hard rubber ball, slightly asymmetrical so that it runs on a curved course, used in the game of bowls. b a wooden ball or disc used in playing skittles. c a large ball with indents for gripping, used in tenpin bowling. 2. (in pl.; usu. treated as sing.) a a game played with bowls (sense 1a) on grass. b tenpin bowling. c skittles. 3. a spell or turn of bowling in cricket. --v 1. a tr. roll (a ball, a hoop, etc.) along the ground. b intr. play bowls or skittles. 2. tr. (also absol.) Cricket etc. a deliver (a ball, an over, etc.) (bowled six overs; bowled well). b (often foll. by out) dismiss (a batsman) by knocking down the wicket with a ball (soon bowled him out). c (often foll. by down) knock (a wicket) over. 3. intr. (often foll. by along) go along rapidly by revolving, esp. on wheels (the cart bowled along the road). Phrases and idioms bowl out Cricket dismiss (a batsman or a side). bowl over 1. knock down. 2. colloq. a impress greatly. b overwhelm (bowled over by her energy). Etymology: ME & F boule f. L bulla bubble |
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