bald

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a. 秃头的, 光秃的, 单调的, 赤裸的 vi. 变秃

发音

UK /bɔːld/
UK /bəʊld/
其它 /bəʊld/
UK /bɒʊld/
其它 /bɒʊld/
其它 /bɑːld/
US /bɔld/
/bɑld/

词形变化

balds 复数 balds balded balding balds 三单 balding 现在分词 balded 过去式 balded 过去分词 balder 比较级 balder baldest baldest 最高级

别名

BAL

教材释义与例句

动词

变秃

形容词

秃顶的；光秃的；单调的；无装饰的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A mountain summit or crest that lacks forest growth despite a warm climate conducive to such, as is found in many places in the Southern Appalachian Mountains.

  2. 2.

    A bald person.

v. C1
  1. 1.

    To become bald.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To make bald.

    及物

    He looked like a new Army recruit. "You've balded me!" he cried. He was so mad and hurt. He told Mom he wasn't going back to school until his hair grew out.

adj. B1
  1. 1.

    Having little or no hair, fur, or feathers.

    My uncle is bald.

  2. 2.

    Having little or no hair on the head, or having a large area of bare scalp on top of the head.

    a bald man with a moustache

  3. 3.

    Of animals, having areas (of fur or plumage) that are colored white, especially on the head.

  4. 4.

    Denuded of any covering.

    引申义

    The bald cypress is a tree that loses its leaves in winter.

  5. 5.

    Of tyres: whose surface is worn away.

  6. 6.

    Of a statement or account, unembellished.

  7. 7.

    Of a statement, without evidence or support being provided.

词汇关系

动词

上位词 2

turn grow
形容词

同义词 5

bald-headed baldpated barefaced denudate denuded

近义相关 4

open bare hairless overt

相关短语

bald eagle 秃鹰,白头鹰 bald wig bald patch bald patches bald eagles bald earn bald erne bald as a coot bald cypress 落羽松（美国水松） bald cap bald spot 秃斑 bald spots bald caps bald cypresses bald wigs

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Germanic *balluz Old English *beall Middle English bal? Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European *bʰḗlH-o-m Proto-Germanic *bēlą Proto-West Germanic *bāl Old English bæl? Middle English balled English bald From Middle English balled, ballid, bald (“bald”), of uncertain origin. Probably formed from Middle English bal, balle (“ball, round object, knoll, head”). Compare Old Danish bældet (“bald”). An alternate etymology has Old English bǣl (“fire, flame; funeral pyre”), from Proto-Germanic *bēlą. Compare Albanian balë (“white spot on the forehead”) and ballë (“forehead”).

来源：wiktionary