bowl

名词 bowl:

1. a round vessel that is open at the top; used for holding fruit or liquids or for serving food
2. a concave shape with an open top
   同义词：trough
3. a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods
4. the quantity contained in a bowl
   同义词：bowlful
5. a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments
   同义词：stadium, arena, sports stadium
6. a large ball with finger holes used in the sport of bowling
   同义词：bowling ball
7. a wooden ball (with flattened sides so that it rolls on a curved course) used in the game of lawn bowling
8. a small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco
   同义词：pipe bowl

动词 bowl:

1. roll (a ball)
2. engage in the sport of bowling

1. He scraped the mixture out of the bowl with a plastic spatula.
   他用塑料铲把盆里的混合料刮了出来。
2. I have a bowl of cereal every morning.
   我每天早晨吃一碗麦片粥。
3. Fold this glass bowl in newspaper/Fold newspaper round this glass bowl.
   把这个玻璃盆用报纸包好。
4. Botham came on to bowl after lunch.
   午饭後博瑟姆开始投球。
5. His grandfather gave her an earthenware bowl.
   他的祖父给了她一个陶碗。
6. There is a fruit bowl on the table.
   桌上有个水果盘。

bowl

n.（名词）

A hemispherical vessel, wider than it is deep, used for holding food or fluids.
碗：一种半球形容器，宽度较深度大，用于盛食品或液体
The contents of such a vessel.
一碗东西：碗中所盛之物
A drinking goblet.
一种酒杯
A bowl-shaped part, as of a spoon or pipe.
如汤匙或烟斗的碗形部分

A bowl-shaped topographic depression.
盆地：碗状地形凹陷
A bowl-shaped stadium or outdoor theater.
碗状体育场或室外剧院
Football Any of various post-season games played between specially selected teams.
【橄榄球】 在专门挑选的队伍之间进行的一种季后赛

来源：
Middle English bowle
中古英语 bowle
from Old English bolla * see bhel- 2
源自 古英语 bolla *参见 bhel- 2

bowl
bowl 2

n.（名词）
A large wooden ball weighted or slightly flattened so as to roll with a bias.
保龄球：一种较重的轻度削平的大木球，以使球斜进滚动
Sports A roll or throw of the ball, as in bowling.
【体育运动】 滚保龄球：在保龄球运动中滚动或投掷保龄球
bowls (used with a sing. verb)Sports Games See lawn bowling
bowls （与单数动词连用）【体育运动】 【游戏】 参见 lawn bowling
A revolving cylinder or drum in a machine.
滚筒；滚子：机器中旋转的圆柱或圆鼓
v.（动词）
bowled,bowl.ing,bowls
v.intr.（不及物动词）
Sports
【体育运动】
To participate in a game of bowling.
参加保龄球赛
To throw or roll a ball in bowling.
投球：在保龄球运动中投掷或滚球
To hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch toward the batsman at the other, keeping the arm straight throughout the delivery.
掷球：从球场的一端将板球猛掷给在另一端的击球手，在整个过程中保持手臂平直
To move quickly and smoothly, especially by rolling:
稳而快地行驶：迅速而平稳地运动，尤指以滚动的方式：
例句：
The children bowled along on their bicycles.
孩子们将自行车骑得又快又稳

v.tr.（及物动词）
To throw or roll (a ball).
投掷或滚动（球）
Sports
【体育运动】
To achieve (a specified score) by bowling.
滚球得分：通过滚球得（一个特定分数）
To perform (a specified amount, as a string or game) in bowling.
表演保龄球：保龄球运动中表演（一个特定量，如一串或一局）
To move quickly and smoothly by or as if by rolling:
快而平稳地移动：以或好象以滚动的方式快速而平稳地移动：
例句：
bowled a tire from the garage.
从车库里滚出一个轮胎

To meet or strike with or as if with the force of a rapidly rolling object.
打倒，撞击：用一高速旋转物体的力量去碰到或撞击

<常用词组>bowl out 【体育运动】
To retire (a batsman in cricket) with a bowled ball that knocks the bails off the wicket.
使出局，打败：因投球击落柱上横木而迫使（板球以中的击球员）退场
bowl over
To take by surprise.
震惊：使大吃一惊
To make a powerful impression on; overwhelm.
打倒：给…造成一个强烈的印象；压倒
来源：
Middle English boule
中古英语 boule
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Latin bulla [round object]
源自 拉丁语 bulla [圆形物体]