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bowling

noun
🔊/ˈbəʊlɪŋ/
🔊/ˈbəʊlɪŋ/
 [uncountable]
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  1. a game in which players roll heavy balls (called bowls) along a special track towards a group of pins (= objects that are like bottles in shape) and try to knock over as many of them as possible保龄球运动
    • Let's go bowling on Saturday.我们周六去打保龄球吧。
    compare bowlsTopics Sports: other sportsb2, Games and toysb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • pro
    • professional
    • duckpin
    • …
    verb + bowling
    • go
    bowling + noun
    • ball
    • pin
    • alley
    • …
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  2. (in cricket板球) the action of the bowler in throwing the ball towards the batsman
    • a brilliant display of fast bowling快速保龄球的精彩展示
    • McArthur opened the bowling on the first day of the match.麦克阿瑟在比赛的第一天开了球。
    • England were no match for the Indian bowling attack.英国队抵挡不住印度队的投球进攻。