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]
雙語例句
1. Barry held the bowls while Liz ladled soup into them.
巴里負責端著碗，由利茲向碗里盛湯。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The goldfish swam round and round in their tiny bowls.
金魚在小小的魚缸里一圈圈地游來游去。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Your dog should have his own bowls for food and water.