bowls

1. N-COUNT 碗；钵；盆
   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.
   1. Put all the ingredients into a large bowl...
      把所有配料都放进一个大碗里。
   2. Your dog should have his own bowls for food and water.
      你的狗应该有它自己进食和饮水用的碗。
2. N-COUNT 一碗之量
   The contents of a bowl can be referred to as a bowl of something.
   1. ...a bowl of soup.
      一碗汤
3. N-COUNT 碗状部分
   You can refer to the hollow rounded part of an object as its bowl .
   1. He smacked the bowl of his pipe into his hand.
      他在自己手上磕打烟斗。
   2. ...the toilet bowl.
      马桶
4. 草地滚木球运动
   Bowls is a game in which players try to roll large wooden balls as near as possible to a small wooden ball. Bowls is usually played outdoors on grass.

in AM, use 美国英语用 lawn bowling


5. （草地滚木球运动中用的）木球
   A set of bowls is a set of round wooden balls that you play bowls with.
6. VERB 玩草地滚木球游戏；玩保龄球
   If you bowl, you play the game of bowls or the game of bowling.
   1. Everyone wanted to bowl, hence everyone wanted to open a bowling alley.
      大家都想玩保龄球，因此大家都想开保龄球馆。
7. VERB （在板球等运动中）投（球）给击球手
   In a sport such as cricket, when a bowler bowls a ball, he or she sends it down the pitch towards a batsman.
   1. I can't see the point of bowling a ball like that...
      我看不出那样投球用意何在。
   2. He bowled so well that we won two matches.
      他的球投得极棒，使我们赢下了两场比赛。
8. VERB （在板球等运动中因为投球手击中三柱门）迫使（击球手）出局
   In a sport such as cricket, when a batsman is bowled, he has to leave the pitch because the bowler has hit the wicket with the ball.
   1. Watkins hit 16 before being bowled by Ambrose.
      沃特金斯击球得了16分后被安布罗斯投杀出局。
   2. To bowl someone out means the same as to bowl them.
      bowl out同bowl
   3. He was bowled out first ball.
      他第一个球便被投杀出局。
9. VERB （尤指愉快地乘车或船）快速行驶
   If you bowl along in a car or on a boat, you move along very quickly, especially when you are enjoying yourself.
   1. Veronica looked at him, smiling, as they bowled along...
      他们的车快速前行时，韦罗妮卡面带微笑地看着他。
   2. It felt just like old times, to bowl down Knightsbridge.
      驱车在奈茨布里奇大街上疾驰而过，感觉就好像回到了过去。
10. N-IN-NAMES 椭圆形运动场；环形剧场
    A large stadium where sports or concerts take place is sometimes called a Bowl .
    1. ...the Crystal Palace Bowl.
       水晶宫露天剧场
    2. ...the Rose Bowl.
       玫瑰碗体育场
11. N-COUNT （主赛季后最强的大学球队参加的）季后赛，杯赛
    A bowl or bowl game is a competition in which the best college teams play, after the main season has ended.
    1. ...the Fiesta college football bowl.
       大学橄榄球节日碗赛
12. See also: bowling begging bowl fruit bowl mixing bowl punch bowl salad bowl sugar bowl

1. Your dog should have his own bowls for food and water.
   你的狗应该有它自己进食和饮水用的碗。
2. Divide the sauce among 4 bowls.
   把酱汁分到4个碗里。
3. I have watched the potters mold, fire and paint their bowls, plates and vases with sacred designs.
   我见过制陶工人捏塑、烧制碗碟花瓶，并在上面涂绘各种宗教图案。
4. They go in for tennis and bowls.
   他们爱打网球和保龄球。
5. Barry held the bowls while Liz ladled soup into them
   巴里负责端着碗，由利兹向碗里盛汤。
6. Children clutching empty bowls form a line
   紧紧抓着空碗的孩子们排成一队。
7. Some bowls were made of pottery and wood.
   一些碗是用陶土和木头制成的。
8. They have gone the route, in many cases, of just big — big bowls, big statues, big masks, big everything.
   在很多情况下，他们从头到尾都只做大的东西——大碗，大雕像，大面具，所有东西都是大的。
9. Plymouth Hoe is renowned as the site where Drake played bowls before tackling the Spanish Armada.
   普利茅斯高地是德雷克在打败西班牙无敌舰队之前玩木球游戏的旧址，因此广为人知。
10. There must be many vases, bowls or bottles sitting unrecognised in people's homes
    人们的家里一定有很多不起眼的花瓶、碗或瓶子。
11. The dishes and bowls slid together with a clatter.
    碟子碗碰得丁丁当当的。
12. That girl once had a roadside stall and sold big bowls of tea to passersby.
    那姑娘摆过茶摊儿，卖过大碗茶。
13. After the bowls and dishes were cleared away, the children sat at the table, playing with building blocks.
    碗碟收拾好后，孩子们在桌旁坐下来玩积木。
14. He wolfed down three large bowls of noodles.
    这么大碗面条，他足足吃了三下。
15. He ate three full bowls of rice.
    他吃了满当当三碗饭。
16. He finished off two bowls of chicken noodle soup in no time.
    他很快吃完了两碗鸡汤面。
17. When you play bowls, the object is to knock down as many of the ten wooden pins as possible.
    玩滚木球游戏时，目标是尽量多地击倒十个木瓶。
18. The bowls were all edged with a rich border of gold.
    这些碗都镶有富丽的金边。
19. The aim in bowling is to knock down all the pins with one or two bowls.
    保龄球的目标是一球或两球击倒所有的瓶形滚柱。
20. Even spoons, bowls, silver chopsticks, wineglasses& all of this we had made.
    就连勺子、碗、银筷子、玻璃酒杯，所有这些都是我们自己做的。
21. Wine utensils unearthed include jars, urns, pots, bowls and cups.
    发掘出的酒器皿有瓶、瓮、罐、壶、碗和杯子。
22. Jack ladled out two bowls of porridge.
    杰克舀出了两碗粥。
23. He drank all the6 bowls of it!
    他把这6碗都喝光了！
24. There are some plates, bowls and chopsticks on the table.
    在桌上有些盘子、碗和筷子。
25. Cups, bowls and pots are typical hollow ware.
    杯子、碗和壶都是典型的凹形器皿。
26. She spooned out bowls of porridge.
    她用匙舀出了几碗粥。
27. They clattered the dishes and bowls in the sink.
    他们在水槽里把碟子和碗洗得叮当叮当响。
28. I'd like to buy12 bowls and12 spoons.
    我想买12个碗和12个羹匙。
29. The plates and bowls have a gilt edge.
    这些盘子和碗镀有金边。

noun

1. a bowling game played on a level lawn with biased wooden balls that are rolled at a jack

   Synonym:    lawn bowling