bald
英 [b??ld]
美[b?ld]
- adj. 禿頂?shù)?；光禿的；單調(diào)的；無裝飾的
- vi. 變禿
- n. (Bald)人名；(英)鮑爾德；(德、法、波)巴爾德
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詞態(tài)變化
比較級(jí):?balder;最高級(jí):?baldest;名詞:?baldness;
中文詞源
bald 禿頭
來自PIE *bhel(1), 發(fā)光，詞源同blank, blanch.
英英釋意
- 1. grow bald; lose hair on one's head;
- "He is balding already"
英文詞源
- 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 *b?llede 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.
同義詞辨析
bare, naked, bald, barren
這些形容詞都含"裸露的"之意。
bare： 指缺少必要的遮蓋物。用于人時(shí)，多指身體的部分裸露。
naked： 指全身一絲不掛，暴露無遺。
bald： 指頭上無發(fā)，山坡無樹無草，樹頂無葉。
barren： 著重缺少肥力或生活能力，無草無木，荒瘠不毛。
考試真題
- The researchers asked fifth graders and college students to create a recovery plan to protect bald eagles from extinction.
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詞組搭配
(as) bald as a coot
completely bald
全禿的，光禿禿的
實(shí)用場(chǎng)景例句
- Our dog has a bald patch on its leg.
- 我們的狗腿上脫了一片毛。
牛津詞典
- a bald tyre (= a tyre whose surface has become smooth)
- 磨平了的輪胎
牛津詞典
- The bald fact is that we don't need you any longer.
- 事實(shí)很簡(jiǎn)單，我們不再需要你了。
牛津詞典
- The letter was a bald statement of our legal position.
- 那封信是對(duì)我們的法律立場(chǎng)的直截了當(dāng)?shù)穆暶鳌?/dd>
牛津詞典
- He started going bald in his twenties.
- 他二十幾歲便開始謝頂。
牛津詞典
- The man's bald head was beaded with sweat...
- 這個(gè)男人的光頭上滿是汗珠。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- She is going bald.
- 她開始謝頂。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- The announcement came in a bald statement from the official news agency...
- 官方通訊社發(fā)表了直截了當(dāng)?shù)穆暶鳌?/dd>
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- The bald truth is he's just not happy.
- 事實(shí)明擺著，他就是不開心。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- He's bald as an eagle.
- 他的腦袋光禿禿的.
期刊摘選
- When he grew bald he bought a toupee.
- 頭發(fā)掉了后,他買了一頂假發(fā).
《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- Male caribou start to grow antlers every spring; a transformation from bald to bedecked.
- 雄馴鹿每年春天開始長(zhǎng)角, 從禿頂?shù)竭^分裝飾的轉(zhuǎn)換.
期刊摘選
- The mountain is bald.
- 這座山光禿禿的.
《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- The actor shaved his head off in order to portray a bald man.
- 為扮演一個(gè)禿頭男人,演員把他自己的頭發(fā)剃光了.
辭典例句
- Her boyfriend is a bald person.
- 她的男朋友是一個(gè)禿頭.
期刊摘選
- A doughy bald guy a Rolex a studa Burger King uniform almost every time!
- 一個(gè)戴勞力士表,面色蒼白的禿頭佬幾乎總是比穿漢堡店制服的英俊小伙更受青睞!
期刊摘選
- Your tire is bald and unsafe.
- 你的輪胎磨平了,不安全.
辭典例句
- A bald tyre is no longer safe to use.
- 磨光了的輪胎用起來不安全.
期刊摘選
- The bald eagle is a symbol of the United States.
- 禿鷹是美國(guó)的象征.
期刊摘選
- The bald man wore awig.
- 這個(gè)禿頭的人戴著一頂假發(fā).
《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- I am starting to bald noticeably.
- 我頭頂明顯地開始變禿了.
《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- He has a theory that wearing hats makes man bald.
- 他有一種意見,認(rèn)為戴帽子會(huì)使人禿頂.
《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- A bald head is soon shaven.
- 禿頭剃得快.
《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- Why did you buy him a hairbrush? He's as bald as a coot!
- 你干嘛給他買梳子? 他頭上光禿禿的,一根頭發(fā)也沒有!
《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- A band of grey hair encircled his bald dome.
- 他的禿頭四周長(zhǎng)著一圈灰白的頭發(fā).
《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- He shaved his head bald.
- 他把頭發(fā)剃光了.
《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》