1. 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.

    e.g. Put all the ingredients into a large bowl...
           把所有配料都放进一个大碗里。
    e.g. 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. 一碗之量
    The contents of a bowl can be referred to as a bowl of something.

    e.g. ...a bowl of soup.
           一碗汤

3. 碗状部分
    You can refer to the hollow rounded part of an object as its bowl .

    e.g. He smacked the bowl of his pipe into his hand.
           他在自己手上磕打烟斗。
    e.g. ...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.

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. 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.

    e.g. 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. （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.

    e.g. I can't see the point of bowling a ball like that...
           我看不出那样投球用意何在。
    e.g. 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. （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.

    e.g. 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。

9. （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.

    e.g. 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。
    e.g. 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. 椭圆形运动场；环形剧场
      A large stadium where sports or concerts take place is sometimes called a Bowl .

      e.g. ...the Crystal Palace Bowl.
             水晶宫露天剧场
      e.g. ...the Rose Bowl.
             玫瑰碗体育场

11. （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.

      e.g. ...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

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