bold

• adj. 大胆的，英勇的；黑体的；厚颜无耻的；险峻的
• n. (Bold)人名；(英、德、罗、捷、瑞典)博尔德

来自PIE *bhel, 膨胀，鼓起。词源同ball. -d, 插入字母。

1. a typeface with thick heavy lines

bold

bold: [OE] In Old English, bold meant simply ‘brave’; the modern connotations of immodesty or presumptuousness do not seem to have developed until the 12th century. The word goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *balthaz, based ultimately, it has been speculated, on Indo- European *bhel- ‘swell’ (the psychological link through ‘being puffed up’ via ‘adventurous courage’ to ‘audacity’ is scarcely far-fetched). If this is so it would mean bold is related to bellows, belly, billow, bolster, and possibly bellow and bell. The notion of impetuosity is perhaps retained in the related German bald ‘soon’.
=> bell, bellows, belly, billow, bolster

bold (adj.)

Old English beald (West Saxon), bald (Anglian) "bold, brave, confident, strong," from Proto-Germanic *balthaz (cognates: Old High German bald "bold, swift," in names such as Archibald, Leopold, Theobald; Gothic balþei "boldness;" Old Norse ballr "frightful, dangerous"), perhaps from PIE *bhol-to- suffixed form of *bhel- (2) "to blow, swell" (see bole).

Of flavors (coffee, etc.) from 1829. The noun meaning "those who are bold" is from c. 1300. Old French and Provençal baut "bold," Italian baldo "bold, daring, fearless" are Germanic loan-words.

bold, brave, courageous, daring, heroic, fearless

这些形容词均含有"勇敢的"之意。

bold： 侧重指面对困难或危险时勇往直前，勇于进取的勇敢精神。

brave： 含义广泛，指天生的勇敢，无所畏惧地面对困难与危险，侧重胆识与果断。

courageous： 正式用词，侧重指在一切情况下都有胆量，无所畏惧，强调基于道德信念，经深思熟虑后所产生的勇敢。

daring： 强调面临意外或危险时胆大心细，头脑冷静。褒义贬义均可用，贬义指胆大妄为。

heroic： 正式用词，多指在战争或重大危险时，为他人为事业忘我献身的英雄气概。

fearless： 语气肯定，侧重在危险时无所畏惧，毫无动摇。

Where are you in the cycle of renewal: Are you actively preserving the present, or selectively forgetting the past, or boldly creating the future? What advice would Leah give you to move you ahead on your journey? Once we're on the path of growth, we can continually move through the seasons of transformation and renewal.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

Soon after, she knew she had to make a bold move to fully commit to her new future.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

Creating this sanctuary is a bold move that the people of Palau recognize as essential to our survival.

2017年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A

He looked at me for a moment, and then wrote a sentence containing the best advice I've ever had: be bold and brave.

2015年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

"If we were really bold, we might even begin to think of high-calorie fast food in the same way as cigarettes—by setting strict limits on advertising, product placement and sponsorship of sport events," he said.

2011年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

It was a bold move on their part to open a business in France.

在法国开业是他们的一个大胆行动。

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The wine made him bold enough to approach her.

他趁着酒劲，鼓足勇气上前和她说话。

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the bold outline of a mountain against the sky

天空映衬下的山的清晰轮廓

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She paints with bold strokes of the brush.

她的绘画笔锋遒劲。

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Highlight the important words in bold type.

用黑体突出重要词语。

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bold lettering

黑字体

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If I may be so bold as to suggest that he made a mistake in his calculations…

恕我冒昧，他的计算有个错误…

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Headwords are printed in bold .

首词用黑体印刷。

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I don't feel I'm being bold, because it's always been natural for me to just speak out about whatever disturbs me.

我不觉得我有什么唐突，因为我素来心直口快，有什么烦心的都会说出来。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...bold flowers in various shades of red, blue or white.

色彩鲜艳、浓淡不一的红、蓝、白色花朵

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...bold, dramatic colours.

醒目生动的色彩

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Each picture is shown in colour on one page and as a bold outline on the opposite page.

每幅图片的彩样都单独印在一页上，而在该页的背面会映出清晰的轮廓。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Amrita becomes a bold, daring rebel...

阿姆里塔成了一个勇敢无畏的叛逆者。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

In 1960 this was a bold move...

在1960年，这是一个大胆的举动。

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What do you like to do in your spare time?

空闲时你喜欢干什么?

辞典例句

The style of the Chinese Women's Volleyball Team in a competition is indomitable, bold and vigorous.

中国女排比赛时,作风顽强, 大胆泼辣.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

The room was decorated in bold colours.

房间的色调布置得鲜明醒目.

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May I make bold to suggest that you were wrong to do so?

我斗胆说一句,这件事您做错了.

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