英语词汇bowling的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	bowling
词源	bowling n. 1530s, "the act of playing at bowls," verbal noun from bowl (v.). Bowling-alley "a covered place for the playing of bowls, provided with a passage of smooth planks for the rolling of the balls," is from 1550s; bowling-green "level piece of greensward kept smooth for bowling" is from 1640s. Entries linking to bowling bowls n. 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] 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 in cricket, "deliver the ball to be played by the batsman," from 1755; the use in cricket is the source of late 19c. figurative expressions such as bowl over "knock down" (1849). Related: Bowled; bowling. updated on October 22, 2022
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