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.