/'bəʊlɪŋ; `bolɪŋ/
n [U]
1 any of various games (eg skittles, ten-pin bowling) in which heavy balls are rolled along a special track towards a group of wooden pins 地滚球戏（使用重球沿轨道朝木柱滚动的各种游戏, 如撞柱戏、十柱保龄球戏）
*a bowling match 保龄球比赛.
2 the game of bowls 滚木球戏.
3 (in cricket) sending the ball from the hand towards the batsman （板球）朝击球员方向投球
*a good piece of bowling 投一个好球.

n[U]
bowling ball, shoes, pin, bowling
an indoor game in which you roll a large heavy ball along a wooden track in order to knock down a group of pins (=wooden objects shaped like bottles)
　Do you want to go bowling with us Friday?
the act of throwing a ball at the batsman in cricket