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单词 bald
释义 bald
I. \ˈbȯld\ adjective
(-er/-est)
Etymology: Middle English ballede; akin to Old English bǣl fire, pyre, Old High German belihha coot, Old Norse bāl pyre, Danish bǣldet bald, Gothic bala white-faced horse, Latin fulica coot, Greek phalios having a white spot, Sanskrit bhāla forehead, luster
1.
 a. : lacking all or a significant portion of the natural or usual covering of hair on the head or sometimes on other parts of the body
  < his big head was bald except for a wisp or two of brown hair — G.K.Chesterton >
  < comb the hair from the sides of the head across the top to disguise the fact that he is bald >
  < looking as bald and hairless in a bathing suit as a plucked chicken >
  < a bearded or bald face >
 b. : lacking some natural or expected covering (as of foliage, feathers, trees, soil, or nap)
  < the trees were brown and bald as in winter — George Borrow >
  < bald, featureless, fire-blackened mountains — John Muir >
  < the banks rise suddenly, sometimes covered with timber and sometimes bald — Anthony Trollope >
  < the bald seat of his trousers >
 c. of wheat : lacking a beard
 d. : not having a flange — used of a mechanical part
2. archaic : lacking merit, import, or effect : worthless, paltry
3.
 a. : lacking amplification, adornment, or decoration : sparse, plain, meager
  < offered not a shred of evidence — nothing but bald assertion — C.H.Grandgent >
  < a bald statement of the facts >
  < only the bald outlines of his legal career — George Bellairs >
  < the more poetic the theme, the balder, or at least the briefer, its expression — W.C.Brownell >
 b. : undisguised, patent, palpable, outright
  < bald egotism — J.R.Lowell >
  < a bald lie >
  < the bald, inaccurate … realism of the present theater — J.P.Marquand >
  < the present outcome is a bald political compromise — New Republic >
4. of a horse : having the face including the skin about the eyes and nostrils white
Synonyms: see bare
II. noun
(-s)
chiefly Midland : an often grassy mountain summit or other elevated area naturally bare of forest
 < the grass-covered balds of the Blue Ridge in North Carolina — Fortune >
III. intransitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
: to become bald
 < was starting to bald noticeably >
 < a young man as diplomats go, still under fifty, balding rapidly — J.P.O'Donnell >
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