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bowl 1 B0373400 (bōl)n.1. a. A hemispherical vessel, wider than it is deep, used for holding food or fluids.b. The contents of such a vessel.2. A drinking goblet.3. A bowl-shaped part, as of a spoon or pipe.4. a. A bowl-shaped topographic depression.b. A bowl-shaped stadium or outdoor theater.5. Football Any of various postseason games played between specially selected teams, especially at the college level.
[Middle English bowle, from Old English bolla; see bhel- in Indo-European roots.]
bowl 2 B0373400 (bōl)n.1. A ball, traditionally made of wood, that is weighted or slightly flattened so as to roll with a bias, used in lawn bowling.2. A roll or throw of a ball in lawn bowling and other bowling games.3. bowls(used with a sing. verb) See lawn bowling.4. A revolving cylinder or drum in a machine.v. bowled, bowl·ing, bowls v.intr.1. a. To participate in a game of bowling: I bowl every Thursday night in a league.b. To throw or roll a ball in a game of bowling: It's your turn to bowl.c. To hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch toward the batsman at the other, keeping the arm straight throughout the delivery.2. To move quickly and smoothly, especially by rolling: The sportscar bowled along through the countryside.v.tr.1. To throw or roll (a ball).2. a. To make (a specified score) in bowling: placed first by bowling 237; bowled a strike in the first frame.b. To perform (a specified amount, as a string or game) in bowling: She bowled eight frames before deciding to use a different ball.3. To move quickly and smoothly by or as if by rolling: bowled a tire from the garage.4. To meet or strike with or as if with the force of a rapidly rolling object: The swimmer was bowled over by the wave.Phrasal Verbs: bowl out To retire (a batsman in cricket) with a bowled ball that knocks the bails off the wicket. bowl over1. To take by surprise.2. To make a powerful impression on; overwhelm.
[Middle English boule, from Old French, from Latin bulla, round object.]bowls (bəʊlz) n (functioning as singular) 1. (Bowls & Bowling) a. a game played on a bowling green in which a small bowl (the jack) is pitched from a mark and two opponents or opposing teams take turns to roll biased wooden bowls towards it, the object being to finish as near the jack as possibleb. (as modifier): a bowls tournament. 2. (Bowls & Bowling) skittles or tenpin bowlingThesaurus| Noun | 1. |  bowls - a bowling game played on a level lawn with biased wooden balls that are rolled at a jacklawn bowlingbowling - a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving thembowl - a wooden ball (with flattened sides so that it rolls on a curved course) used in the game of lawn bowlingjack - a small ball at which players aim in lawn bowling |
Translationsbowl1 (bəul) noun a wooden ball rolled along the ground in playing bowls. See also bowls below . (滾木球戲)滾球 滚木球 verb1. to play bowls. 玩滾木球戲 玩滚木球戏2. to deliver or send (a ball) towards the batsman in cricket. (板球)投球給打擊員 （板球戏中）投球给击球员 3. to put (a batsman) out by hitting the wicket with the ball. Smith was bowled for eighty-five (= Smith was put out after making eighty-five runs). (板球戲中因球擊中三柱門迫使擊球員出局 （板球戏中）因击中三柱门而迫使击球员退场 ˈbowler noun （板球的）投球手，玩滾球的人 （板球的 ）投球手，玩滚球的人 ˈbowling noun (see also ninepins) the game of skittles, bowls or something similar. 保齡球 滚木球戏，保龄球 bowls noun singular a game played on a smooth green with bowls having a bias. a game of bowls. (草地)滾木球戲 保龄球ˈbowling-alley noun1. a long narrow set of wooden boards along which one bowls at skittles. 保齡球道 保龄球道，滚球道 2. a building which contains several of these. 保齡球場 滚球场，保龄球场 ˈbowling-green noun a smooth piece of grass for playing bowls on. 滾球用草坪 滚球用草坪bowl over to knock down. I was bowled over in the rush for the door; His generosity bowled me over. 撞倒 击倒IdiomsSeebowlbowls
bowls, ancient sport (the bocce of Caesar's Rome is still played by Italians), especially popular in Great Britain and Australia, known as lawn bowls or bowling on the green in the United States. It was played in America before the American Revolution (hence Bowling Green in numerous place names), but later declined in popularity. Christian Schepflin revived the game in 1879 by forming the Dunellen (N.J.) Bowling Club. The usual "bowling green" is about 120 ft (36.58 m) square and is divided into six alleys, or rinks, each of which is 20 ft (6.1 m) wide and 120 ft long. A small white ball, called a jack, is thrown on the alley by one of the players at some spot not less than 25 yd (22.86 m) from the bowling mat. The object of the game is to roll a ball—weighing 3.5 lb (1.6 kg) and made biased so as to swerve while rolling—as close to the jack as possible, and, if necessary, to dislodge balls previously thrown by opponents. The American Lawn Bowls Association (founded 1915) standardizes rules in the United States; it is one of 10 national groups affiliated with the International Bowling Board (founded 1905). The sport called curlingcurling,
winter sport, similar in principle to bowls and quoits (see horseshoe pitching), played on an ice court called a sheet by teams of four. Each player hurls a squat, circular stone—weighing 38 to 44 lb (17.
..... Click the link for more information. , played on ice, is related to bowls.bowls1. a. a game played on a bowling green in which a small bowl (the jack) is pitched from a mark and two opponents or opposing teams take turns to roll biased wooden bowls towards it, the object being to finish as near the jack as possible b. (as modifier): a bowls tournament 2. skittles or tenpin bowling
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Synonyms for bowlsnoun a bowling game played on a level lawn with biased wooden balls that are rolled at a jackSynonymsRelated Words |