The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 个月前You have to see itlemmy.worldimagemessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1876arrow-down110cross-posted to: nonpolitical_memes
arrow-up1866arrow-down1imageYou have to see itlemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 个月前message-square32fedilinkcross-posted to: nonpolitical_memes
minus-squarezweieuro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-22 个月前Oohhh OK, now I get it. I was missing that ‘bowl’ is short for bowling.
minus-squarethen_three_more@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 个月前You could also read it as a vowel. (in bowling) to roll a ball along a smooth surface during a game of bowls or bowling (in Cricket) to throw a ball towards a batsman (= the player who hits the ball) using a vertical circular movement of the arm while running: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/bowl
minus-squarepipes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 个月前It’s not short for bowling (although it can be expressed like that too), it’s the infinitive form of the verb, to bowl. “Have you seen the birds fly?”
Oohhh OK, now I get it. I was missing that ‘bowl’ is short for bowling.
You could also read it as a vowel.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/bowl
It’s not short for bowling (although it can be expressed like that too), it’s the infinitive form of the verb, to bowl. “Have you seen the birds fly?”