Tra từ bowl - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

bowl [bowl bowls bowled bowling] noun, verb BrE [bəʊl] NAmE [boʊl]
noun

CONTAINER
1. countable (especially in compounds)a deep round dish with a wide open top, used especially for holding food or liquid
•a salad/fruit/sugar, etc. bowl
•a washing-up bowl

AMOUNT
2. countable (also bowl·ful BrE [bəʊlfʊl] ; NAmE [boʊlfʊl] )the amount contained in a bowl
•a bowl of soup

SHAPE
3. countable the part of some objects that is shaped like a bowl
•the bowl of a spoon
•a toilet/lavatory bowl

THEATRE
4. countable (especially NAmE) (in names)a large round theatre without a roof, used for concerts, etc. outdoors
•the Hollywood Bowl

BALL
5. countable a heavy wooden ball that is used in the games of ↑bowls and ↑bowling

GAME
6. bowlsuncountable (NAmE also ˈlawn bowling)a game played on an area of very smooth grass, in which players take turns to roll bowls as near as possible to a small ball

FOOTBALL GAME
7. countable (NAmE) (in names)a game of ↑American football played after the main season between the best teams
•the Super Bowl

Word Origin:
n. senses 1 to 4 and n. sense 7 Old English bolle bolla Germanic Dutch bol ‘round object’ ↑bolln. senses 5 to 6 and v. late Middle English ‘ball’ Old French boule Latin bulla ‘bubble’

Culture:
The balls are heavier on one side so they travel in a curve. Bowls has been popular in Britain for about 600 years and there is a famous story from 1588 about Sir Francis Drake and a game of bowls. According to the story, he was told during the game that the Spanish ↑Armada was coming, but he said, ‘There is time to win this game and beat the Spaniards, too.’ Bowls is now usually played by older people.

Thesaurus:
bowl noun C
•a salad/sugar/fruit bowl
dish • • plate • • platter •
a bowl/dish/plate/platter of sth
in a bowl/dish
on a dish/plate/platter

Example Bank:
•He poured himself a bowl of soup.
•I ate a bowl of cereal.
•I helped myself to an apple from the bowl.
•I put down the chicken bone and rinsed my fingers in the finger bowl.
•I refilled the dog's water bowl.
•Mix the ingredients in a deep bowl.
•Sieve the flour into a bowl.
•The bowl was overflowing.
•The boy was drinking milk out of a bowl.
•The cat drank some milk from the bowl
•The school is always having to get out the begging bowl for books and basic equipment.
•The washing-up bowl was overflowing.
•This bowl holds about four pints.
•a washing-up bowl full of dirty dishes
•a salad/fruit/sugar bowl
Derived: ↑bowl somebody over

verb

ROLL BALL
1. intransitive, transitive ~ (sth) to roll a ball in the games of ↑bowls and ↑bowling

IN CRICKET
2. intransitive, transitive ~ (sth) to throw a ball to the ↑batsman (= the person who hits the ball)
3. transitive ~ sb (out) to make the ↑batsman have to leave the field by throwing a ball that hits the ↑wicket

MOVE QUICKLY
4. intransitive + adv./prep. (BrE)to move quickly in a particular direction, especially in a vehicle
• Soon we were bowling along the country roads.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
n. senses 1 to 4 and n. sense 7 Old English bolle bolla Germanic Dutch bol ‘round object’ ↑bolln. senses 5 to 6 and v. late Middle English ‘ball’ Old French boule Latin bulla ‘bubble’

Synonyms:
throw
toss • hurl • fling • chuck • lob • bowl • pitch
These words all mean to send sth from your hand through the air.
throw • to send sth from your hand or hands through the air: ▪ Some kids were throwing stones at the window. ◇ ▪ She threw the ball and he caught it.
toss • to throw sth lightly or carelessly: ▪ She tossed her jacket onto the bed.
hurl • to throw sth violently in a particular direction: ▪ Rioters hurled a brick through the car's windscreen.
fling • to throw sb/sth somewhere with a lot of force, especially because you are angry or in a hurry: ▪ She flung the letter down onto the table.
chuck • (especially BrE, informal) to throw sth carelessly: ▪ I chucked him the keys.
lob • (informal) to throw sth so that it goes high through the air: ▪ They were lobbing stones over the wall.
bowl • (in cricket) to throw the ball to the batsman
pitch • (in baseball) to throw the ball to the batter
to throw/toss/hurl/fling/chuck/lob/bowl/pitch sth at/to sb/sth
to throw/toss/fling/chuck sth aside/away
to throw/toss/hurl/fling/chuck/lob/bowl/pitch a ball
to throw/toss/hurl/fling/chuck stones/rocks/a brick
to throw/toss/hurl/fling sth angrily
to throw/toss sth casually/carelessly

Example Bank:
•He bowled him a gentle first ball.
•It was Peter's turn to bowl.
•Smith had bowled more than ten overs.

See also: ↑lawn bowling