bowl

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bowl1 /bəʊl $ boʊl/ ●●● S2 W3 noun  1  container 容器CONTAINER [countable]DHH a wide round container that is open at the top, used to hold liquids, food, flowers etc 碗；钵 → dish Mix all the ingredients thoroughly in a large bowl. 将所有配料放在大碗里搅拌均匀。 Fill the bowl with water. 在碗里装满水。a mixing/serving bowl (=a bowl used for mixing foods or serving them) 拌菜碗/分菜碗 Beat the butter in a mixing bowl until creamy and soft. 将黄油放在拌菜碗中搅打至柔滑。a soup/salad/cereal etc bowl (=a bowl to eat or serve soup, salad etc from) 汤碗/沙拉碗/麦片碗等2  AMOUNTamount 数量 [countable] (also bowlful)TM the amount of something contained in a bowl 一碗之量bowl of a bowl of rice 一碗米饭 a bowl of fruit 一碗水果3  GAMEgame 游戏 a) DSO bowls British English [plural] an outdoor game played on grass, in which you try to roll big balls as near as possible to a small ball （草地）滚木球戏 SYN American English lawn bowling b) [countable usually singular]DSA a special game in American football played by the best teams after the normal playing season 美式橄榄球季后赛 the Rose Bowl 玫瑰碗赛4. BALLball 球 [countable] British EnglishDS a ball that you use in the game of bowls 〔滚木球戏所用的〕木球5  shape 形状SHAPE [countable]C the part of an object such as a spoon, pipe, toilet etc that is shaped like a bowl 碗状部分，〔匙、烟斗、抽水马桶等物体的〕凹处 the bowl of a pipe 烟斗的斗a toilet/lavatory bowl 马桶缸/厕缸6  stadium 体育场SPORT [countable usually singular] American EnglishDS a large stadium shaped like a bowl, where people go to watch special events such as sports games or music concerts 环形剧场；椭圆形体育场 the Hollywood Bowl 好莱坞环形剧场n COLLOCATIONStypes of bowla soup/cereal/pudding bowl (=for eating soup, cereal etc from)These work well as pasta or cereal bowls.a salad/sugar/fruit bowl (=for serving salad etc)There are some apples in the fruit bowl if you want one.a mixing bowl (=for mixing foods)Put the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl.a serving bowl (=for serving foods)She put the strawberries in a glass serving bowl.a washing-up bowl (=for washing the dishes in)a plastic washing-up bowla wooden/china/glass etc bowlI broke a china bowl.

Examples from the Corpus

bowl• But 95 of those seats were booked for a high school band going to play at a bowl game.• Kalchu fetched a bottle of raksi from the inner room and filled a bowl for each of us.• The captain gave him a bowl of cold stew which he could only swallow by gulping it down with wine.• After removing the pan or urinal, give the patient a bowl and water for washing their hands.• Now place a sieve over a big bowl.• Return to a clean bowl and cover with damp towel or plastic wrap, or put the bowl inside a plastic bag.• Mix the eggs and butter in a large bowl.• Cover the bowls only after the soup has cooled, then refrigerate.• A burst splashed into the bowl.a soup/salad/cereal etc bowl• Instead of plunging into the pool you simply put your head in a salad bowl.• Place the lettuce pieces in a salad bowl or large mixing bowl.• Place in a salad bowl with the artichokes, onion and olives.• Place in a salad bowl with the walnut pieces. 2 Whisk together dressing ingredients.• The lesson starts in a salad bowl.• To serve, measure a few tablespoons of mixture into a cereal bowl and add milk.a toilet/lavatory bowl• She could not merely flush her body like a toilet bowl.

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bowl2 verb  1. [intransitive, transitive]DS to roll a ball along a surface when you are playing the game of bowls 〔玩滚木球戏时〕滚（球）2  DSC a) [intransitive, transitive] to throw a ball at the batsman (=the person who hits the ball) in cricket 〔玩板球时向击球员〕投（球） → bat b) [transitive] to make a batsman have to leave the field by throwing a ball so that it hits the wicket behind him 〔玩板球时以球击中三柱门〕投杀〔击球员〕，迫使〔击球员〕出局► see thesaurus at throw →4  See picture of 见图 THROW 13  [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to travel along very quickly and smoothly 快速平稳地行驶[移动]bowl along/down We were bowling along at about 90 miles per hour. 我们以每小时90英里左右的速度向前行驶。4.bowl somebody ↔ out phrasal verb DSCin cricket, when a team is bowled out, each member of the team has had to leave the field and there is no one left to bat 〔玩板球时〕投杀〔一方的所有击球员〕5 bowl somebody ↔ over phrasal verb a) HIT/BUMP INTOto accidentally hit someone and knock them down because you are running in a place that is full of people or things 撞倒 SYN knock overb) SURPRISEDto surprise, please, or excite someone very much 使惊叹；迷倒 SYN knock out He was bowled over by her beauty. 他为她的美貌所倾倒。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

bowl• The batsman straightened up as Warne came in to bowl.• The dismissal of Andrew Flintoff, bowled by Streak for a duck, is cause for more long-term concern.• How cheerily, how hilariously, O my Captain, would we bowl on our way to see old Nantucket again!• When the Kiwis were bowled out for 102 in their first innings the writing was on the wall.• At Bristol, Gloucestershire won their match with Cheshire by 204 runs, bowling out the visitors for just 68.• Heaton Mersey Village visited Wayfarers and scored 142 all out, a total they successfully defended bowling out Wayfarers for 112.• They gave the ball to Jerome Bettis and let him bowl over the Bengals in Cincinnati.• He's a very aggressive bowler -- he always bowls the ball straight at the batsman's body.bowl along/down• After a very short time, he stopped, and laid the bowl down.• The moon appears for fleeting seconds, the night speeds up frantically, the clouds bowl along and vulnerability replaces control.• Gabby came bowling down Jim's driveway in a truck.• Security come running over as they see us all bowled along miserably before it.• She put the bowl down on top of a chest of drawers standing next to the bed and folded her arms.• As the bikes bowled down the dark lane, so the circle of the sky seemed to wheel the other way.• He set the bowl down, then lifted the boy gently, cradling him in a half-sitting position.• We set off at ten, collected Coconut and bowled along to the woods.Origin bowl1 Old English bolla bowl2 (1400-1500) bowl “ball used in bowling” ((15-21 centuries)), from Old French boule, from Latin bulla “bubble”

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bowl¹ S2 W3 /bəʊl $ boʊl/ noun
1.  CONTAINER  [countable] a wide round container that is open at the top, used to hold liquids, food, flowers etc ⇨ dish:
    Mix all the ingredients thoroughly in a large bowl.
    Fill the bowl with water.
    a mixing/serving bowl (=a bowl used for mixing foods or serving them)
    Beat the butter in a mixing bowl until creamy and soft.
    a soup/salad/cereal etc bowl (=a bowl to eat or serve soup, salad etc from)
2.  AMOUNT  [countable] (also bowlful) the amount of something contained in a bowl
    bowl of
    a bowl of rice
    a bowl of fruit
3.  GAME
  a. bowls British English [plural] an outdoor game played on grass, in which you try to roll big balls as near as possible to a small ball
   SYN  lawn bowling American English
  b. [countable usually singular] a special game in American football played by the best teams after the normal playing season:
    the Rose Bowl
4.  BALL  [countable] British English a ball that you use in the game of bowls
5.  SHAPE  [countable] the part of an object such as a spoon, pipe, toilet etc that is shaped like a bowl:
    the bowl of a pipe
    a toilet/lavatory bowl
6.  STADIUM  [countable usually singular] American English a large stadium shaped like a bowl, where people go to watch special events such as sports games or music concerts:
    the Hollywood Bowl
     

COLLOCATIONS

■ types of bowl
   ▪ a soup/cereal/pudding bowl (=for eating soup, cereal etc from) These work well as pasta or cereal bowls.
   ▪ a salad/sugar/fruit bowl (=for serving salad etc) There are some apples in the fruit bowl if you want one.
   ▪ a mixing bowl (=for mixing foods) Put the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl.
   ▪ a serving bowl (=for serving foods) She put the strawberries in a glass serving bowl.
   ▪ a washing-up bowl (=for washing the dishes in) a plastic washing-up bowl
   ▪ a wooden/china/glass etc bowl I broke a china bowl.

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bowl² verb1. [intransitive and transitive] to roll a ball along a surface when you are playing the game of bowls
2.
  a. [I, T] to throw a ball at the batsman (=the person who hits the ball) in cricket ⇨ bat
  b. [transitive] to make a batsman have to leave the field by throwing a ball so that it hits the wicket behind him
3. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to travel along very quickly and smoothly
    bowl along/down
    We were bowling along at about 90 miles per hour.
     
bowl somebody ↔ out phrasal verb
  in cricket, when a team is bowled out, each member of the team has had to leave the field and there is no one left to bat
bowl somebody ↔ over phrasal verb
  1. to accidentally hit someone and knock them down because you are running in a place that is full of people or things
   SYN  knock over
  2. to surprise, please, or excite someone very much
   SYN  knock out:
    He was bowled over by her beauty.
     

THESAURUS

■ to throw a ball in a sport
   ▪ pass to throw the ball to another member of your team: He passed the ball to Wilkinson, who kicked the ball over the goalposts.
   ▪ pitch to throw the ball to the batter in a game of baseball: Stoddard pitched for the Chicago White Sox.
   ▪ bowl to throw the ball towards the person who is batting in a game of cricket: Harmison bowled superbly and took 5 wickets.