英语词源
- bowls (n.)
- game played with balls, mid-15c. (implied in bowlyn), from gerund of bowl "wooden ball" (early 15c.), from Old French bole (13c., Modern French boule) "ball," ultimately from Latin bulla "bubble, knob, round thing" (see bull (n.2)).
Noon apprentice ... [shall] play ... at the Tenys, Closshe, Dise, Cardes, Bowles nor any other unlawfull game. [Act 11, Henry VII, 1495]
权威例句
- 1. 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。
- 2. The goldfish swam round and round in their tiny bowls.
- 金鱼在小小的鱼缸里一圈圈地游来游去。
- 3. 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。
- 4. They go in for tennis and bowls.
- 他们爱打网球和保龄球。
- 5. The bowls tone in cleverly with the mugs.
- 那些碗与杯子巧妙相配。