inestimable, Inward and outward, bowl, bowling alley

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"the medical profession, which hastened to testify to the inestimable benefits of salt water and sea air. Brighton was not developed to any extent until the 179os" 《崛 起的龍 - 中國1978至2007年改革時期的吸引外資和對外投資》The Rise of the Dragon - Inward and outward investment in China in the reform period 1978-2007 outward Show phonetics adjective 1 [before noun] relating to how people, situations or things seem to be, rather than how they are inside: The outward appearance of the building has not changed at all in 200 years. If he is suffering, he certainly shows no outward sign of it. To all outward appearances everything was fine, but under the surface the marriage was very shaky. Compare inward. 2 away from the centre: outward investment (= investment in other companies/countries) We have the chance to build an outward-looking Europe that lives up to its global responsibilities. inward adjective 1 on or towards the inside Compare outward. 2 inside your mind and not expressed to other people: inward feelings inwardly adverb inside your mind and not expressed to other people: He was inwardly relieved that the test was cancelled. inward adverb (ALSO inwards) After the accident, her thoughts began to turn inward (= to her own interests or problems). Fold the outside edges inward (= towards the inside). 2004 一轉眼，我們提過的美國NPR記者的橫跨中國之旅近尾聲，他們在戈壁邊城找到保齡球館，不亦樂乎？ As he nears the end of his 3,000-mile journey across China, NPR's Rob Gifford finds the last thing he would have expected: a bowling alley, built to serve a new middle class on the western side of the Gobi Desert bowl (DISH) noun [C] 1 a round container that is open at the top and is deep enough to hold fruit, sugar, etc., or the rounded inside part of something: a soup/cereal/salad/sugar bowl a bowl of soup/rice/porridge She eats a bowl (= the contents of a bowl) of cereal every morning. Sift the flour and baking powder into a mixing bowl. The toilet bowl was cracked and stained, and the walls were covered in mould. UK Just put the dirty dishes in the washing-up bowl, and I'll do them later. 2 MAINLY US a large bowl-shaped building or structure which is used for important sports events or musical performances: the Hollywood Bowl bowl (ROLL) verb [I or T] to roll a ball along a smooth grass or artificial surface during a game bowl noun [C] a large ball used in the game of bowls bowling noun [U] (UK ALSO tenpin bowling) a game played inside, in which you roll a heavy ball down a track to try to knock down a group of pins (= tall, thin wooden objects) bowl・ing ━━ n. ボウリング ((球技)). bowling alley [green]　ボーリングレーン［芝生の木球技場］. a building in which you can go bowling, or the narrow track along which balls are rolled during a bowling game inestimable adjective FORMAL extremely great, or too great to be described or expressed exactly: The medical importance of this discovery is of inestimable value.