• n. 滾木球戲；保齡球戲
• v. 打保齡球（bowl的現在分詞）
• n. (Bowling)人名；(英)鮑林

詞源同ball, 球。

bowling (n.)

1530s, originally "playing at bowls," verbal noun from bowl (v.). Bowling alley is from 1550s.

1. Everyone wanted to bowl, hence everyone wanted to open a bowling alley.

大家都想玩保齡球，因此大家都想開保齡球館。

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2. In any event, the bowling alley restaurant proved quite acceptable.

無論如何，那個保齡球場的餐廳證明還是很不錯的。

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3. I can't see the point of bowling a ball like that.

我看不出那樣投球用意何在。

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4. Middlesex defeated Derbyshire by bowling out the opposition.

米德爾塞克斯隊將德比郡隊的所有隊員都投殺出局，擊敗了對方。

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5. I go bowling for relaxation.

我打保齡球是為了消遣。

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