bald
英 [bɔːld]
美[bɔld]
- adj. 秃顶的；光秃的；单调的；无装饰的
- vi. 变秃
- n. (Bald)人名；(英)鲍尔德；(德、法、波)巴尔德
词态变化
比较级: balder;最高级: baldest;名词: baldness;
中文词源
bald 秃头
来自PIE *bhel(1), 发光，词源同blank, blanch.
英英释意
- 1. grow bald; lose hair on one's head;
- "He is balding already"
英文词源
- bald
- bald: [14] In Middle English times, bald was ballede, which suggests that it may have been a compound formed in Old English with the suffix -ede ‘characterized by, having’. It has been conjectured that the first element in the compound was Old English *ball-, meaning ‘white patch’ or ‘blaze’ on an animal’s head; this may be supported by isolated examples of the use of the adjective to mean (of a horse) ‘whitefaced’ from the 16th to the 18th centuries, and by the obsolete dialectal ball meaning both ‘white patch on the head’ and ‘white-faced horse’.
This would have produced the Old English adjective *bællede or *beallede, which, from ‘having a white blaze’, progressed naturally in meaning to ‘hairless’. The compounds piebald [16] and skewbald [17] are both based on bald: piebald means ‘having black and white patches like a magpie’, while skewbald may be based on Middle English skew ‘(cloudy) skies’ or on Old French escu ‘shield’.
=> piebald, skewbald - bald (adj.)
- c. 1300, ballede, probably, with Middle English -ede adjectival suffix + Celtic bal "white patch, blaze" especially on the head of a horse or other animal (from PIE root *bhel- (1) "to shine, flash, gleam;" see bleach (v.)). Compare, from the same root, Sanskrit bhalam "brightness, forehead," Greek phalos "white," Latin fulcia "coot" (so called for the white patch on its head), Albanian bale "forehead." But connection with ball (n.1), on notion of "smooth, round" also has been suggested. Bald eagle first attested 1680s; so called for its white head.
同义词辨析
bare, naked, bald, barren
这些形容词都含"裸露的"之意。
bare： 指缺少必要的遮盖物。用于人时，多指身体的部分裸露。
naked： 指全身一丝不挂，暴露无遗。
bald： 指头上无发，山坡无树无草，树顶无叶。
barren： 着重缺少肥力或生活能力，无草无木，荒瘠不毛。
考试真题
- The researchers asked fifth graders and college students to create a recovery plan to protect bald eagles from extinction.
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词组搭配
(as) bald as a coot
completely bald
全秃的，光秃秃的
实用场景例句
- Our dog has a bald patch on its leg.
- 我们的狗腿上脱了一片毛。
牛津词典
- a bald tyre (= a tyre whose surface has become smooth)
- 磨平了的轮胎
牛津词典
- The bald fact is that we don't need you any longer.
- 事实很简单，我们不再需要你了。
牛津词典
- The letter was a bald statement of our legal position.
- 那封信是对我们的法律立场的直截了当的声明。
牛津词典
- He started going bald in his twenties.
- 他二十几岁便开始谢顶。
牛津词典
- The man's bald head was beaded with sweat...
- 这个男人的光头上满是汗珠。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- She is going bald.
- 她开始谢顶。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The announcement came in a bald statement from the official news agency...
- 官方通讯社发表了直截了当的声明。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The bald truth is he's just not happy.
- 事实明摆着，他就是不开心。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He's bald as an eagle.
- 他的脑袋光秃秃的.
期刊摘选
- When he grew bald he bought a toupee.
- 头发掉了后,他买了一顶假发.
《简明英汉词典》
- Male caribou start to grow antlers every spring; a transformation from bald to bedecked.
- 雄驯鹿每年春天开始长角, 从秃顶到过分装饰的转换.
期刊摘选
- The mountain is bald.
- 这座山光秃秃的.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The actor shaved his head off in order to portray a bald man.
- 为扮演一个秃头男人,演员把他自己的头发剃光了.
辞典例句
- Her boyfriend is a bald person.
- 她的男朋友是一个秃头.
期刊摘选
- A doughy bald guy a Rolex a studa Burger King uniform almost every time!
- 一个戴劳力士表,面色苍白的秃头佬几乎总是比穿汉堡店制服的英俊小伙更受青睐!
期刊摘选
- Your tire is bald and unsafe.
- 你的轮胎磨平了,不安全.
辞典例句
- A bald tyre is no longer safe to use.
- 磨光了的轮胎用起来不安全.
期刊摘选
- The bald eagle is a symbol of the United States.
- 秃鹰是美国的象征.
期刊摘选
- The bald man wore awig.
- 这个秃头的人戴着一顶假发.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- I am starting to bald noticeably.
- 我头顶明显地开始变秃了.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- He has a theory that wearing hats makes man bald.
- 他有一种意见,认为戴帽子会使人秃顶.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- A bald head is soon shaven.
- 秃头剃得快.
《简明英汉词典》
- Why did you buy him a hairbrush? He's as bald as a coot!
- 你干嘛给他买梳子? 他头上光禿禿的,一根头发也没有!
《简明英汉词典》
- A band of grey hair encircled his bald dome.
- 他的秃头四周长着一圈灰白的头发.
《简明英汉词典》
- He shaved his head bald.
- 他把头发剃光了.
《简明英汉词典》