bald

adjective
🔊/bɔːld/
🔊/bɔːld/
Idioms
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  1. having little or no hair on the head秃顶的;秃头的
    • He started going bald in his twenties.他二十几岁便开始谢顶。🔊🔊
    • young men who go prematurely bald过早秃顶的年轻人
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    • completely
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  2. without any of the usual hair, marks, etc. covering the skin or surface of something无毛的;无茸毛的;光秃的
    • Our dog has a bald patch on its leg.我们的狗腿上脱了一片毛。🔊🔊
    • a bald tyre (= a tyre whose surface has become smooth)磨平了的轮胎
  3. without any extra explanation or detail to help you understand or accept what is being said不加赘述的;简单的;赤裸裸的
    • 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。🔊🔊
    • The letter was a bald statement of our legal position.那封信直截了当地说出我们的法律立场。🔊🔊
  4. see also baldly
    Word OriginMiddle English: probably from a base meaning ‘white patch’, which came from the archaic sense ‘marked or streaked with white’. Compare with Welsh ceffyl bal, denoting a horse with a white mark on its face.