• n. 碗；木球；大酒杯
• vi. 玩保龄球；滑动；平稳快速移动
• vt. 投球；旋转；平稳快速移动

词源同ball, 球。

bowl

bowl: Bowl ‘round receptacle’ [OE] and bowl ‘ball used in bowls’ [15] come from different sources. The former (Old English bolle or bolla) comes ultimately from the Germanic base *bul-, *bal-, which was also the source of English ball, balloon, and ballot. The Middle Dutch form corresponding to Old English bolle was bolle, which was borrowed into English in the 13th century as boll, initially meaning ‘bubble’ but latterly ‘round seed-head’.

The other bowl was originally simply a synonym for ball, but its modern specialized uses in the game of bowls, and the verbal usage ‘deliver the ball’ in cricket and other games, had already begun their development in the 15th century. The word came via Old French boule from Latin bulla ‘bubble’, which also lies behind English boil, bull (as in ‘papal bull’), bullion, bullet, bulletin, and bully (as in ‘bully beef’), as well, perhaps, as bill.
=> ball, balloon, ballot; boil, bull, bullet, bulletin, bully

bowl (n.)

Old English bolla "pot, cup, bowl," from Proto-Germanic *bul- "a round vessel" (cognates: Old Norse bolle, Old High German bolla), from PIE *bhl-, from root *bhel- (2) "to blow, inflate, swell" (see bole).

bowl (v.)

"to roll a ball on the ground," typically as part of a game or contest, mid-15c., from bowl "wooden ball" (see bowls). Specifically of cricket from 1755; cricket use is source of late 19c. expressions bowl over, etc. Related: Bowled; bowling.

1. Meanwhile, melt the white chocolate in a bowl suspended over simmering water.

同时，把碗置于微沸的水上，将白巧克力放入碗中使其熔化。

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2. 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。

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3. Place them in a jam jar, porcelain bowl, or other similar container.

将它们装入果酱罐、瓷碗或其他类似容器中。

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4. Empty the noodles and liquid into a serving bowl.

把汤面倒进上菜用的碗中。

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5. Put both vegetables into a bowl and crush with a potato masher.

把这两样蔬菜都放进一个碗里，然后用捣土豆器把它们捣碎。

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