bowl over

• • [口语、俚语]
  • (以急行，跑动的物体)击倒，碰倒，撞倒，弄倒；射倒；打翻；滚翻；打败：

    The boy bowled over the fence and flowers.

    那男孩撞倒了栅栏和花朵。

    They bowled over their enemy.

    他们把他们的敌人打败了。

  • (因成功或遭受不幸而)使大吃一惊，使惊呆，使惊诧；使不知所措；使狼狈不堪；使慌张；使困惑；使为难，把…弄糊涂：

    That news really bowled over his friends.

    那个消息真使他的朋友们大吃一惊。

    We were bowled over by the news of their marriage.

    我们听到他们结婚的消息大为惊讶。

    His impudence bowled us over.

    他的冒失举动令我们惊愕。