bowl

柯林斯詞典

1. N-COUNT A bowl is a round container with a wide uncovered top. Some kinds of bowl are used, for example, for serving or eating food from, or in cooking, while other larger kinds are used for washing or cleaning. 碗
Put all the ingredients into a large bowl. 把所有的配料放進(jìn)一個大碗里。
2. N-COUNT The contents of a bowl can be referred to as a bowl of something. 一碗的量
...a bowl of soup. …一碗湯。
3. N-COUNT You can refer to the hollow rounded part of an object as its bowl. 碗狀物
He smacked the bowl of his pipe into his hand. 他在手里磕了磕煙斗。
4. V-T In a sport such as bowling or lawn bowling, when a bowler bowls a ball, he or she rolls it down a narrow track or field of grass. (保齡球或草地滾球運動中) 滾球
Neither finalist bowled a particularly strong game. 兩位決賽選手滾球得分都不是特別高。
5. V-T/V-I In a sport such as cricket, when a bowler bowls a ball, he or she throws it down the field toward a batsman. (板球等) 投球
I can't see the point of bowling a ball like that. 我不能理解那樣的投球。
6. V-I If you bowl along in a car or on a boat, you move along very quickly, especially when you are enjoying yourself. (乘車、船) 飛馳
Veronica looked at him, smiling, as they bowled along. 在他們一路飛馳的當(dāng)兒，韋羅妮卡微笑著看他。
7. →see also bowling