bowl /bəʊl/ CET4 TEM4 ( bowling, bowled, bowls )

• 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

  例：

  Put all the ingredients into a large bowl.

  把所有的配料放进一个大碗里。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT The contents of a bowl can be referred to as a bowl of something. 一碗的量

  例：

  ...a bowl of soup.

  …一碗汤。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT You can refer to the hollow rounded part of an object as its bowl. 碗状物

  例：

  He smacked the bowl of his pipe into his hand.

  他在手里磕了磕烟斗。

• 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. (保龄球或草地滚球运动中) 滚球

  例：

  Neither finalist bowled a particularly strong game.

  两位决赛选手滚球得分都不是特别高。

• 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

  例：

  I can't see the point of bowling a ball like that.

  我不能理解那样的投球。

• 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. (乘车、船) 飞驰

  例：

  Veronica looked at him, smiling, as they bowled along.

  在他们一路飞驰的当儿，韦罗妮卡微笑着看他。

• 7. 

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