bowl
n
1
(a) (esp in compounds 尤用以構(gòu)成復合詞) deep round dish, used esp for holding food or liquid 碗;碟: a sugar bowl 糖碟
a fruit bowl 果盤 * a washing-up bowl 洗滌盆.
(b) amount contained in a bowl 一碗的量
a bowl of soup, cereal, porridge, etc 一碗湯、谷類食品、麥片粥等. =>illus at bucket, plate 見bucket、plate之插圖.
2 hollow rounded part of certain objects (物體的)圓形凹陷部分
the bowl of a spoon 匙子的凹處
a lavatory bowl 便池
He filled the bowl of his pipe with tobacco. 他往煙斗里裝煙絲.
3 (esp US) amphitheatre (for open-air concerts, etc) (供音樂會等用的)圓形露天劇場
the Hollywood Bowl 好萊塢圓形露天劇場.
bowl n
1 [C] heavy wooden ball that is weighted so that it rolls in a curve, used in the game of bowls (滾木球戲所用的)木球.
2 [C] heavy ball used in skittles and ten-pin bowling (撞柱戲和十柱保齡球戲所用的)球.
3 bowls [sing v]
game played on a smooth lawn, in which two players take turns to roll bowls as near as possible to a small ball 滾木球戲(在平坦草地上進行, 兩人輪流滾動木球, 力求接近一小球): play bowls 玩滾木球戲.
bowl v
1 [I] play a game of bowls or bowling 玩滾木球或地滾球(保齡球).
2 [Tn] (in the games of bowls or bowling) roll (a ball) (滾木球或保齡球戲)滾(球).
3 [I, Tn] (in cricket) send (the ball) from one's hand towards the batsman by swinging the arm over the head without bending the elbow (板球)投(球)
bowl fast/slow 投得快[慢]
* Well bowled! 投得好!
4 [Tn, Tn.p] ~ sb (out) dismiss (a batsman) by bowling a ball that hits the wicket behind him (因投出的球擊中擊球員後面的三柱門)使(擊球員)出局
He was bowled for 120, ie dismissed in this way after scoring 120 runs. 他得到120分之後被判出局.
5 (phr v) bowl along, down, etc (of a car or its passengers) move fast and smoothly (in the specified direction) (指汽車或其乘客)快而穩(wěn)地行進
We were bowling along (the motorway) at seventy miles per hour. 我們以每小時七十英里的速度(在高速公路上)飛馳. bowl sb over
(a) knock sb down 擊倒某人.
(b) surprise sb greatly; astound sb 使某人大吃一驚; 令某人驚奇
We were bowled over by the news of her marriage. 我們聽到她結(jié)婚的消息大為驚訝.