bowler
英 ['b??l?]
美['bol?]
- n. 圓頂禮帽；投球手；玩滾球的人
- n. (Bowler)人名；(英)鮑勒
TEM4中低頻詞暢通詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?bowlers;
中文詞源
bowler 投球手
詞源同ball, 球。
英文詞源
- bowler
- bowler: [19] The bowler hat was apparently named after the Bowlers, a family of 19thcentury London hatters who specialized in its manufacture. The first known reference to it comes in the Saturday Review 21 September 1861: ‘We are informed that he … wore … a white bowler hat’.
- bowler (n.1)
- "hard round hat," 1861, said to be from a J. Bowler, 19c. London hat manufacturer. A John Bowler of Surrey, hat manufacturer, was active from the 1820s to the 1840s, and a William Bowler, hat-manufacturer, of Southwark Bridge Road, Surrey, sought a patent in 1854 for "improvements in hats and other coverings for the head." But perhaps the word is simply from bowl (n.); compare Old English heafodbolla "brainpan, skull." The earliest usages are with a lower-case b-.
- bowler (n.2)
- "player at bowls," c. 1500.
雙語例句
- 1. He is the bowler-hatted figure in the foreground of Orpen's famous painting.
- 他是奧彭那幅名畫中位于前景的戴圓頂硬禮帽的那個人物。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He's a rather good fast bowler.
- 他是一個非常棒的快投手。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The bowler judged it well, timing the ball to perfection.
- 投球手判斷準確, 對球速的掌握恰到好處.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. The captain decided to take Snow off and try a slower bowler.
- 隊長決定把斯諾撤下,換一個動作慢一點的投球手試一試.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The fielders try to retrieve the ball quickly and return it to the bowler.
- 外野手試圖迅速接過球傳給投球手.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》