Definition of bald in English:

bald

adjective bɔːldbɔld

1Having a scalp wholly or partly lacking hair.
秃的
he was starting to go bald
他开始谢顶了。
Example sentencesExamples
- In addition to a bald spot, the scalp usually has an abnormal appearance.
- A person becomes bald if the scalp follicles die and no longer produce new hair.
- It was the bald guy, his scalp shining under the café's lights.
- A small, just-noticeable tingle started on the top of his bald scalp.
- She looks like a disgruntled old man, her ears red, her scalp bald and splotchy.
- The man, with slightly gray hair, bald on the top of the head, and steely gray eyes, was wearing an expensive suit.
- I really care about my hair, I do my best in order not to go bald.
- Ted sighed and ran a hand over his head again, rubbing his bald scalp.
- Those stem cells could be grown up and used to get hair growing again on bald scalps.
- Dark hair sprung from his once bald scalp and the wrinkles on his face smoothed out.
- Unkempt braids of jet-black hair ran down either side of his head, the better part of which had been shaven bald.
- Her head was not completely smooth like a bald human, but had three ridges, one in the middle and one on each side of that.
- This form is most common in children and involves red, itchy patches on the scalp, often leaving bald patches.
- Magnor Tanek was old, with fluffy white hair and a bald spot.
- Gadi had all his hair cut off, his head shaven bald.
- He stares out at us from photographs and self-portraits, bald, bearded and utterly lacking in flamboyance.
- ‘Please, sit down you two,’ the gray hair, nearly bald doctor beckoned us to the seats.
- The man is completely bald, lacking even eyebrows.
- You don't have to go bald, but expect your wallet to get slimmer instead.
- Martino's head was starting to go bald and he had a round belly.
Synonyms
hairless, bald-headed, smooth
shaven, depilated
Scottish &amp Irish baldy
technical glabrous
archaic bald-pated
1. 1.1 (of an animal) not covered by the usual fur, hair, or feathers.
  （动物）无毛的
  hedgehogs are born bald
  刺猬出生时无毛。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Some monkeys had bald patches caused by over-grooming, a compulsive behaviour caused by stress.
  Raja was just 3-weeks-old, bald with no feathers, when he brought him home.
  A cat with little bald patches is unattractive. And I do so like my cat to be cute.
  The small bald creature leapt gracefully onto the table and outstretched its whip-like tail and its long paper-thin ears.
  There is excitement in the birding world after a bald parrot was reported in the remote Brazilian Mato Grosso region.
  She pointed to a grim looking giant bald monkey tied to a stall with a bright red glowing collar around its neck.
  Atman gave the bald creature a studying gaze, and connected another blow, directly on its chin.
  This bird has a bald, red face that only a mother could love, but it boasts an incredible nine-foot wingspan and a majesty in flight that rivals any raptor.
  That penchant for dressing bald rats in sequins and leather is a different story altogether.
  A pampered pet Shih Tzu dog was left bald after a Hong Kong salon accidentally shaved him when he was taken in for a grooming, a news report said yesterday.
  Obesity may be seen as bald patches in certain areas where the feather tracts have separated because of large deposits of fat under the skin.
  They noted that the mutant mice groomed themselves excessively-to the extent of creating bald spots and skin wounds.
  In the north we then saw full-up jumping goats, brick buck, bald buck, camel horses and also more cats.
  Stretch was a bald chicken that Moose had plucked all the feathers off.
  She opened the cabinet and found the bald chicken!
  A bald chimp links a girl standing on a trolley with a baby perched on a miniature wagon.
  Sometimes birds will get feather mites and all their feathers will get eaten away by the mites and the birds are bald until they grow in new ones.
  The bald cat padded its way across the cobblestoned path, and up to the castle gates.
  It was like some sort of ghastly empowerment group, of thousands, except it was being chaired by a bald ape who ran hither and yon.
  I noticed that some of the ducks have a bald patch at the back of their heads and that other ducks often attack them here with their beaks.
2. 1.2 (of a plant or an area of land) not covered by the usual leaves, bark, or vegetation.
  （动物）无毛的
  the bald trunks with their empty branches
  Example sentencesExamples
  She looks upon an open space of withered grass and tired, bald turf.
  Take a look at your lawn and write about the patchy areas of crabgrass and bald spots found.
  At the source, a spring tumbled out of the bald hillside into a willow-shaded pool the size of a large table.
  Outside my door was a green leafed bush, which apparently had not gone bald in the wintertime.
  Fork over bald areas, add some compost and then sow seed or patch with a piece of turf and water in well.
  The beautiful hills that used to be covered with bushes and trees are now bald.
  Work is being done on the pathways round the lakes in order to keep anglers to the paths and hopefully seed the bald areas.
  They launched into a discussion about my personal life while I sat and picked the ground bald of grass.
  Where seedlings had lined out the field only two days before there were bald seed beds splashed with puddles of goose droppings.
  As readers will discover, this rare plant species of federal concern grows in bald cypress-tupelo gum swamp forests in the coastal plain.
  Then, we went by K-mart and bought a few plants for the bald part of the backyard.
  As this correspondent observed last week, the forests have re-grown and the erstwhile bald hills are now covered in luxurious foliage and flora.
  Its bald expanse colonized by a single stubby tree, the narrow courtyard has the bleak and slightly disturbing aura of a de Chirico painting.
  Synonyms
  leafless, bare, uncovered, stark
3. 1.3 (of a tyre) having the tread worn away.
  （轮胎）磨光的
  the Nissan had two bald tyres
  Example sentencesExamples
  Some 24 vehicles were found to have bald tyres while 12 had defective lights.
  When performing this act of charity he notices that one of the other tyres is partially bald, and therefore illegal.
  O'Toole quipped the policy was like a car with four bald tyres and, when you opened the boot, the spare was flat.
  Atkinson's car was found to have three bald tyres - on one of them the steel cord was showing - and the front brakes on one side were seized up.
  You could even report your neighbour's bald tyres, unlicensed bulls or smoking in the house - which is a workplace when they have the cleaner or the gas-man in.
  The car's tyres were bald; a fork was in the ignition; there were beer bottles all over the car and the road; and all three were aged about 18.
  He said one wheel was loose, two tires were bald, and only one of the truck's six air brakes was working properly.
  Police in North Yorkshire yesterday launched a major clampdown on motorist who drive on worn and bald tyres in an attempt to save lives.
  When the rubber on the blocks wears out, they need to be replaced, just like bald tires.
  Two more involved low-income, illegal car/van pools running both at high speeds and on completely bald tires!
  What do you think if you did the same thing, resulting in chronic underfunding of your tyre budget, driving around with bald tyres?
  The officers found nothing wrong until they found one of the tyres was a space-saver and was bald.
  You can drive a pile of rust here, with bald tires, garbage bags for windows and no lights, and no one will say ‘Boo’ about it.
  Public transport running on bald tyres on bad roads and with bad brakes is ‘an accident’ waiting to happen.
  It was an accident that could have happened anywhere and he did not believe that any bald tyres recovered from the crash scene could have come from the bus.
  Some buses examined by inspectors in the last year have been found to have defective steering, faulty brakes or even bald tyres.
  They headed for Prague, but got stopped on the Czech border because the tyres on their vans were bald.
  He glared at me and started writing another ticket for having bald tires!
  Tires have built-in wear indicators that appear as a bald strip when there is 1.6 millimeters of tread remaining.
  The first thing we noticed were the tyres, which were almost bald.
2Not having any extra detail or explanation; plain or blunt.
干巴巴的；赤裸裸的；直截了当的
the bald statement in the preceding paragraph requires amplification
前一段里干巴巴的陈述需要进一步发挥。
Example sentencesExamples
- But the bald figures tell an indisputably brighter story.
- The bald figures don't begin to delineate the crisis because they don't take account of the desperate attempts by the media to retain market share.
- Such a bald statement would, of course, be denied by any responsible public figure.
- But bald figures and artists' impressions do not tell the whole story.
- Again, the Plaintiffs rely upon bald statements in their factum without supporting evidence.
- This is because interpretation is often as valuable - even more valuable at times - to readers than a bald statement of the facts.
- They're so bizarre I'm not certain I could even summarise them: they are a bald statement of extreme political reaction.
- All of this being ‘merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative’.
- Even his own Labour Muslim colleagues were angry with his bald statement, for which he later apologised in his local newspaper.
- There has clearly been an element of special pleading here, but it is not actually a plea to ministers for more cash, it is just a bald and factual statement of the problems.
- None of you want to react to that bald statement by me, I am sure.
- Some might see this bald honesty as refreshing.
- Their calls for an explanation were met with bald denials from coalition spokesmen.
- In particular, the link between poverty and health was noted for confusing interpretations of the bald figures.
- He knew the bald, unvarnished, terrified truth when he heard it.
- But the bald figures mask anxieties and fears that are being played out throughout Britain in homes, offices and schools.
- He always settles for bald honesty or nothing at all.
- The listener isn't challenged to dig deep for hidden meaning - these dark tales are as bald and straightforward as one could imagine.
- One can only guess at the research and detective work that has gone into the bald details recorded for each piece.
- In all that I've read and heard, the response - such as it is - to this question has been bald and simple.
Synonyms
plain, simple, unadorned, unvarnished, unembellished, undisguised, unveiled, stark, severe, austere, brutal, harsh
blunt, direct, forthright, plain-spoken, straight, straightforward, candid, honest, truthful, realistic, true to life, frank, outspoken, downright, outright, straight from the shoulder, explicit, unequivocal, unambiguous, unexaggerated, unqualified
informal upfront, warts and all

Phrases

(as) bald as a coot

Completely bald.
全秃的，光秃秃的
Example sentencesExamples
- I have very dark brown eyes and even though I now shave my head so I'm bald as a coot, I once had long dark brown flowing locks.
- Sibelius was portrayed as a grim faced gentleman with mad, bulging eyes, bald as a coot.
- Of the ones sitting down the middle man was bald as a coot, his whole head shining with a sweat I thought would come away on my hand like coconut oil.
- Have you ever heard him say ‘I'm as bald as a coot and have a massive collections of syrups’ (wigs in rhyming slang to the uninitiated)?
- One has luxuriant locks, their ever-changing style consuming the interests of fashion writers more interested in curling tongs than curling free-kicks; the other is as bald as a coot.
- Hence if Balde were, well, bald as a coot, knobbly-kneed or of Bunteresque physique, he would duly be ridiculed for these signs of imperfection.

Derivatives

baldish

adjective

Fred himself is adorable; he's got a great crinkly smile and a baldish head and is incredibly photogenic in his overalls, limping through verdant pastures.
Example sentencesExamples
- All bravado, Miguel rushes to her rescue, scooping up a three-inch, striped insect with threatening jaws and a large, baldish head that looks eerily human.
- The baldish guy in his conservative suit and tie looked like he wanted to crawl under the table.
- In my experience, they were all and one fattish, baldish with bowed legs.
- He was a big, burly, baldish man, patient and good-natured, but given to blank trances of absence of mind.

Origin

Middle English: probably from a base meaning 'white patch', whence the archaic sense 'marked or streaked with white'. Compare with Welsh ceffyl bal, denoting a horse with a white mark on its face.

Words related to bald in other northern European languages suggest that its core meaning was ‘having a white patch or streak’. This may survive in the phrase as bald as a coot. The coot is not actually bald: it has a broad white area on its forehead extending up from the base of its bill. Descriptions of people as being as bald as a coot appear as far back as the 15th century.

Rhymes

scald, so-called, uncalled, unwalled

Definition of bald in US English:

bald

adjectivebôldbɔld

1Having a scalp wholly or partly lacking hair.
秃的
he was starting to go bald
他开始谢顶了。
he had a shiny bald head
Example sentencesExamples
- I really care about my hair, I do my best in order not to go bald.
- Magnor Tanek was old, with fluffy white hair and a bald spot.
- Ted sighed and ran a hand over his head again, rubbing his bald scalp.
- Those stem cells could be grown up and used to get hair growing again on bald scalps.
- Martino's head was starting to go bald and he had a round belly.
- It was the bald guy, his scalp shining under the café's lights.
- Gadi had all his hair cut off, his head shaven bald.
- This form is most common in children and involves red, itchy patches on the scalp, often leaving bald patches.
- You don't have to go bald, but expect your wallet to get slimmer instead.
- The man is completely bald, lacking even eyebrows.
- She looks like a disgruntled old man, her ears red, her scalp bald and splotchy.
- Her head was not completely smooth like a bald human, but had three ridges, one in the middle and one on each side of that.
- In addition to a bald spot, the scalp usually has an abnormal appearance.
- Unkempt braids of jet-black hair ran down either side of his head, the better part of which had been shaven bald.
- He stares out at us from photographs and self-portraits, bald, bearded and utterly lacking in flamboyance.
- The man, with slightly gray hair, bald on the top of the head, and steely gray eyes, was wearing an expensive suit.
- ‘Please, sit down you two,’ the gray hair, nearly bald doctor beckoned us to the seats.
- A person becomes bald if the scalp follicles die and no longer produce new hair.
- A small, just-noticeable tingle started on the top of his bald scalp.
- Dark hair sprung from his once bald scalp and the wrinkles on his face smoothed out.
Synonyms
hairless, bald-headed, smooth
1. 1.1 (of an animal) not covered by the usual fur, hair, or feathers.
  （动物）无毛的
  hedgehogs are born bald
  刺猬出生时无毛。
  Example sentencesExamples
  That penchant for dressing bald rats in sequins and leather is a different story altogether.
  Atman gave the bald creature a studying gaze, and connected another blow, directly on its chin.
  They noted that the mutant mice groomed themselves excessively-to the extent of creating bald spots and skin wounds.
  Obesity may be seen as bald patches in certain areas where the feather tracts have separated because of large deposits of fat under the skin.
  Stretch was a bald chicken that Moose had plucked all the feathers off.
  A cat with little bald patches is unattractive. And I do so like my cat to be cute.
  A pampered pet Shih Tzu dog was left bald after a Hong Kong salon accidentally shaved him when he was taken in for a grooming, a news report said yesterday.
  Sometimes birds will get feather mites and all their feathers will get eaten away by the mites and the birds are bald until they grow in new ones.
  The small bald creature leapt gracefully onto the table and outstretched its whip-like tail and its long paper-thin ears.
  She pointed to a grim looking giant bald monkey tied to a stall with a bright red glowing collar around its neck.
  This bird has a bald, red face that only a mother could love, but it boasts an incredible nine-foot wingspan and a majesty in flight that rivals any raptor.
  In the north we then saw full-up jumping goats, brick buck, bald buck, camel horses and also more cats.
  The bald cat padded its way across the cobblestoned path, and up to the castle gates.
  Raja was just 3-weeks-old, bald with no feathers, when he brought him home.
  A bald chimp links a girl standing on a trolley with a baby perched on a miniature wagon.
  She opened the cabinet and found the bald chicken!
  I noticed that some of the ducks have a bald patch at the back of their heads and that other ducks often attack them here with their beaks.
  Some monkeys had bald patches caused by over-grooming, a compulsive behaviour caused by stress.
  It was like some sort of ghastly empowerment group, of thousands, except it was being chaired by a bald ape who ran hither and yon.
  There is excitement in the birding world after a bald parrot was reported in the remote Brazilian Mato Grosso region.
2. 1.2 (of a plant or an area of land) not covered by the usual leaves, bark, or vegetation.
  （动物）无毛的
  the bald trunks with their empty branches
  Example sentencesExamples
  Take a look at your lawn and write about the patchy areas of crabgrass and bald spots found.
  Its bald expanse colonized by a single stubby tree, the narrow courtyard has the bleak and slightly disturbing aura of a de Chirico painting.
  Fork over bald areas, add some compost and then sow seed or patch with a piece of turf and water in well.
  As this correspondent observed last week, the forests have re-grown and the erstwhile bald hills are now covered in luxurious foliage and flora.
  The beautiful hills that used to be covered with bushes and trees are now bald.
  Work is being done on the pathways round the lakes in order to keep anglers to the paths and hopefully seed the bald areas.
  They launched into a discussion about my personal life while I sat and picked the ground bald of grass.
  Where seedlings had lined out the field only two days before there were bald seed beds splashed with puddles of goose droppings.
  She looks upon an open space of withered grass and tired, bald turf.
  As readers will discover, this rare plant species of federal concern grows in bald cypress-tupelo gum swamp forests in the coastal plain.
  Then, we went by K-mart and bought a few plants for the bald part of the backyard.
  Outside my door was a green leafed bush, which apparently had not gone bald in the wintertime.
  At the source, a spring tumbled out of the bald hillside into a willow-shaded pool the size of a large table.
  Synonyms
  leafless, bare, uncovered, stark
3. 1.3 (of a tire) having the tread worn away.
  （轮胎）磨光的
  my car had two bald tires
  Example sentencesExamples
  The car's tyres were bald; a fork was in the ignition; there were beer bottles all over the car and the road; and all three were aged about 18.
  O'Toole quipped the policy was like a car with four bald tyres and, when you opened the boot, the spare was flat.
  Public transport running on bald tyres on bad roads and with bad brakes is ‘an accident’ waiting to happen.
  Police in North Yorkshire yesterday launched a major clampdown on motorist who drive on worn and bald tyres in an attempt to save lives.
  Some 24 vehicles were found to have bald tyres while 12 had defective lights.
  They headed for Prague, but got stopped on the Czech border because the tyres on their vans were bald.
  He said one wheel was loose, two tires were bald, and only one of the truck's six air brakes was working properly.
  Two more involved low-income, illegal car/van pools running both at high speeds and on completely bald tires!
  You can drive a pile of rust here, with bald tires, garbage bags for windows and no lights, and no one will say ‘Boo’ about it.
  The officers found nothing wrong until they found one of the tyres was a space-saver and was bald.
  What do you think if you did the same thing, resulting in chronic underfunding of your tyre budget, driving around with bald tyres?
  It was an accident that could have happened anywhere and he did not believe that any bald tyres recovered from the crash scene could have come from the bus.
  The first thing we noticed were the tyres, which were almost bald.
  Atkinson's car was found to have three bald tyres - on one of them the steel cord was showing - and the front brakes on one side were seized up.
  When the rubber on the blocks wears out, they need to be replaced, just like bald tires.
  Tires have built-in wear indicators that appear as a bald strip when there is 1.6 millimeters of tread remaining.
  Some buses examined by inspectors in the last year have been found to have defective steering, faulty brakes or even bald tyres.
  He glared at me and started writing another ticket for having bald tires!
  When performing this act of charity he notices that one of the other tyres is partially bald, and therefore illegal.
  You could even report your neighbour's bald tyres, unlicensed bulls or smoking in the house - which is a workplace when they have the cleaner or the gas-man in.
2attributive Not having any extra detail or explanation; plain or blunt.
干巴巴的；赤裸裸的；直截了当的
the bald statement in the preceding paragraph requires amplification
前一段里干巴巴的陈述需要进一步发挥。
Example sentencesExamples
- He always settles for bald honesty or nothing at all.
- But the bald figures tell an indisputably brighter story.
- In particular, the link between poverty and health was noted for confusing interpretations of the bald figures.
- All of this being ‘merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative’.
- The bald figures don't begin to delineate the crisis because they don't take account of the desperate attempts by the media to retain market share.
- The listener isn't challenged to dig deep for hidden meaning - these dark tales are as bald and straightforward as one could imagine.
- None of you want to react to that bald statement by me, I am sure.
- They're so bizarre I'm not certain I could even summarise them: they are a bald statement of extreme political reaction.
- Such a bald statement would, of course, be denied by any responsible public figure.
- This is because interpretation is often as valuable - even more valuable at times - to readers than a bald statement of the facts.
- One can only guess at the research and detective work that has gone into the bald details recorded for each piece.
- He knew the bald, unvarnished, terrified truth when he heard it.
- But bald figures and artists' impressions do not tell the whole story.
- In all that I've read and heard, the response - such as it is - to this question has been bald and simple.
- Again, the Plaintiffs rely upon bald statements in their factum without supporting evidence.
- But the bald figures mask anxieties and fears that are being played out throughout Britain in homes, offices and schools.
- Even his own Labour Muslim colleagues were angry with his bald statement, for which he later apologised in his local newspaper.
- Their calls for an explanation were met with bald denials from coalition spokesmen.
- There has clearly been an element of special pleading here, but it is not actually a plea to ministers for more cash, it is just a bald and factual statement of the problems.
- Some might see this bald honesty as refreshing.
Synonyms
plain, simple, unadorned, unvarnished, unembellished, undisguised, unveiled, stark, severe, austere, brutal, harsh

Origin

Middle English: probably from a base meaning ‘white patch’, whence the archaic sense ‘marked or streaked with white’. Compare with Welsh ceffyl bal, denoting a horse with a white mark on its face.

单词	bald
释义	Definition of bald in English: bald adjective bɔːldbɔld 1Having a scalp wholly or partly lacking hair. 秃的 he was starting to go bald 他开始谢顶了。 Example sentencesExamples In addition to a bald spot, the scalp usually has an abnormal appearance. A person becomes bald if the scalp follicles die and no longer produce new hair. It was the bald guy, his scalp shining under the café's lights. A small, just-noticeable tingle started on the top of his bald scalp. She looks like a disgruntled old man, her ears red, her scalp bald and splotchy. The man, with slightly gray hair, bald on the top of the head, and steely gray eyes, was wearing an expensive suit. I really care about my hair, I do my best in order not to go bald. Ted sighed and ran a hand over his head again, rubbing his bald scalp. Those stem cells could be grown up and used to get hair growing again on bald scalps. Dark hair sprung from his once bald scalp and the wrinkles on his face smoothed out. Unkempt braids of jet-black hair ran down either side of his head, the better part of which had been shaven bald. Her head was not completely smooth like a bald human, but had three ridges, one in the middle and one on each side of that. This form is most common in children and involves red, itchy patches on the scalp, often leaving bald patches. Magnor Tanek was old, with fluffy white hair and a bald spot. Gadi had all his hair cut off, his head shaven bald. He stares out at us from photographs and self-portraits, bald, bearded and utterly lacking in flamboyance. ‘Please, sit down you two,’ the gray hair, nearly bald doctor beckoned us to the seats. The man is completely bald, lacking even eyebrows. You don't have to go bald, but expect your wallet to get slimmer instead. Martino's head was starting to go bald and he had a round belly. Synonyms hairless, bald-headed, smooth shaven, depilated Scottish &amp Irish baldy technical glabrous archaic bald-pated 1.1 (of an animal) not covered by the usual fur, hair, or feathers. （动物）无毛的 hedgehogs are born bald 刺猬出生时无毛。 Example sentencesExamples Some monkeys had bald patches caused by over-grooming, a compulsive behaviour caused by stress. Raja was just 3-weeks-old, bald with no feathers, when he brought him home. A cat with little bald patches is unattractive. And I do so like my cat to be cute. The small bald creature leapt gracefully onto the table and outstretched its whip-like tail and its long paper-thin ears. There is excitement in the birding world after a bald parrot was reported in the remote Brazilian Mato Grosso region. She pointed to a grim looking giant bald monkey tied to a stall with a bright red glowing collar around its neck. Atman gave the bald creature a studying gaze, and connected another blow, directly on its chin. This bird has a bald, red face that only a mother could love, but it boasts an incredible nine-foot wingspan and a majesty in flight that rivals any raptor. That penchant for dressing bald rats in sequins and leather is a different story altogether. A pampered pet Shih Tzu dog was left bald after a Hong Kong salon accidentally shaved him when he was taken in for a grooming, a news report said yesterday. Obesity may be seen as bald patches in certain areas where the feather tracts have separated because of large deposits of fat under the skin. They noted that the mutant mice groomed themselves excessively-to the extent of creating bald spots and skin wounds. In the north we then saw full-up jumping goats, brick buck, bald buck, camel horses and also more cats. Stretch was a bald chicken that Moose had plucked all the feathers off. She opened the cabinet and found the bald chicken! A bald chimp links a girl standing on a trolley with a baby perched on a miniature wagon. Sometimes birds will get feather mites and all their feathers will get eaten away by the mites and the birds are bald until they grow in new ones. The bald cat padded its way across the cobblestoned path, and up to the castle gates. It was like some sort of ghastly empowerment group, of thousands, except it was being chaired by a bald ape who ran hither and yon. I noticed that some of the ducks have a bald patch at the back of their heads and that other ducks often attack them here with their beaks. 1.2 (of a plant or an area of land) not covered by the usual leaves, bark, or vegetation. （动物）无毛的 the bald trunks with their empty branches Example sentencesExamples She looks upon an open space of withered grass and tired, bald turf. Take a look at your lawn and write about the patchy areas of crabgrass and bald spots found. At the source, a spring tumbled out of the bald hillside into a willow-shaded pool the size of a large table. Outside my door was a green leafed bush, which apparently had not gone bald in the wintertime. Fork over bald areas, add some compost and then sow seed or patch with a piece of turf and water in well. The beautiful hills that used to be covered with bushes and trees are now bald. Work is being done on the pathways round the lakes in order to keep anglers to the paths and hopefully seed the bald areas. They launched into a discussion about my personal life while I sat and picked the ground bald of grass. Where seedlings had lined out the field only two days before there were bald seed beds splashed with puddles of goose droppings. As readers will discover, this rare plant species of federal concern grows in bald cypress-tupelo gum swamp forests in the coastal plain. Then, we went by K-mart and bought a few plants for the bald part of the backyard. As this correspondent observed last week, the forests have re-grown and the erstwhile bald hills are now covered in luxurious foliage and flora. Its bald expanse colonized by a single stubby tree, the narrow courtyard has the bleak and slightly disturbing aura of a de Chirico painting. Synonyms leafless, bare, uncovered, stark 1.3 (of a tyre) having the tread worn away. （轮胎）磨光的 the Nissan had two bald tyres Example sentencesExamples Some 24 vehicles were found to have bald tyres while 12 had defective lights. When performing this act of charity he notices that one of the other tyres is partially bald, and therefore illegal. O'Toole quipped the policy was like a car with four bald tyres and, when you opened the boot, the spare was flat. Atkinson's car was found to have three bald tyres - on one of them the steel cord was showing - and the front brakes on one side were seized up. You could even report your neighbour's bald tyres, unlicensed bulls or smoking in the house - which is a workplace when they have the cleaner or the gas-man in. The car's tyres were bald; a fork was in the ignition; there were beer bottles all over the car and the road; and all three were aged about 18. He said one wheel was loose, two tires were bald, and only one of the truck's six air brakes was working properly. Police in North Yorkshire yesterday launched a major clampdown on motorist who drive on worn and bald tyres in an attempt to save lives. When the rubber on the blocks wears out, they need to be replaced, just like bald tires. Two more involved low-income, illegal car/van pools running both at high speeds and on completely bald tires! What do you think if you did the same thing, resulting in chronic underfunding of your tyre budget, driving around with bald tyres? The officers found nothing wrong until they found one of the tyres was a space-saver and was bald. You can drive a pile of rust here, with bald tires, garbage bags for windows and no lights, and no one will say ‘Boo’ about it. Public transport running on bald tyres on bad roads and with bad brakes is ‘an accident’ waiting to happen. It was an accident that could have happened anywhere and he did not believe that any bald tyres recovered from the crash scene could have come from the bus. Some buses examined by inspectors in the last year have been found to have defective steering, faulty brakes or even bald tyres. They headed for Prague, but got stopped on the Czech border because the tyres on their vans were bald. He glared at me and started writing another ticket for having bald tires! Tires have built-in wear indicators that appear as a bald strip when there is 1.6 millimeters of tread remaining. The first thing we noticed were the tyres, which were almost bald. 2Not having any extra detail or explanation; plain or blunt. 干巴巴的；赤裸裸的；直截了当的 the bald statement in the preceding paragraph requires amplification 前一段里干巴巴的陈述需要进一步发挥。 Example sentencesExamples But the bald figures tell an indisputably brighter story. The bald figures don't begin to delineate the crisis because they don't take account of the desperate attempts by the media to retain market share. Such a bald statement would, of course, be denied by any responsible public figure. But bald figures and artists' impressions do not tell the whole story. Again, the Plaintiffs rely upon bald statements in their factum without supporting evidence. This is because interpretation is often as valuable - even more valuable at times - to readers than a bald statement of the facts. They're so bizarre I'm not certain I could even summarise them: they are a bald statement of extreme political reaction. All of this being ‘merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative’. Even his own Labour Muslim colleagues were angry with his bald statement, for which he later apologised in his local newspaper. There has clearly been an element of special pleading here, but it is not actually a plea to ministers for more cash, it is just a bald and factual statement of the problems. None of you want to react to that bald statement by me, I am sure. Some might see this bald honesty as refreshing. Their calls for an explanation were met with bald denials from coalition spokesmen. In particular, the link between poverty and health was noted for confusing interpretations of the bald figures. He knew the bald, unvarnished, terrified truth when he heard it. But the bald figures mask anxieties and fears that are being played out throughout Britain in homes, offices and schools. He always settles for bald honesty or nothing at all. The listener isn't challenged to dig deep for hidden meaning - these dark tales are as bald and straightforward as one could imagine. One can only guess at the research and detective work that has gone into the bald details recorded for each piece. In all that I've read and heard, the response - such as it is - to this question has been bald and simple. Synonyms plain, simple, unadorned, unvarnished, unembellished, undisguised, unveiled, stark, severe, austere, brutal, harsh blunt, direct, forthright, plain-spoken, straight, straightforward, candid, honest, truthful, realistic, true to life, frank, outspoken, downright, outright, straight from the shoulder, explicit, unequivocal, unambiguous, unexaggerated, unqualified informal upfront, warts and all Phrases (as) bald as a coot Completely bald. 全秃的，光秃秃的 Example sentencesExamples I have very dark brown eyes and even though I now shave my head so I'm bald as a coot, I once had long dark brown flowing locks. Sibelius was portrayed as a grim faced gentleman with mad, bulging eyes, bald as a coot. Of the ones sitting down the middle man was bald as a coot, his whole head shining with a sweat I thought would come away on my hand like coconut oil. Have you ever heard him say ‘I'm as bald as a coot and have a massive collections of syrups’ (wigs in rhyming slang to the uninitiated)? One has luxuriant locks, their ever-changing style consuming the interests of fashion writers more interested in curling tongs than curling free-kicks; the other is as bald as a coot. Hence if Balde were, well, bald as a coot, knobbly-kneed or of Bunteresque physique, he would duly be ridiculed for these signs of imperfection. Derivatives baldish adjective Fred himself is adorable; he's got a great crinkly smile and a baldish head and is incredibly photogenic in his overalls, limping through verdant pastures. Example sentencesExamples All bravado, Miguel rushes to her rescue, scooping up a three-inch, striped insect with threatening jaws and a large, baldish head that looks eerily human. The baldish guy in his conservative suit and tie looked like he wanted to crawl under the table. In my experience, they were all and one fattish, baldish with bowed legs. He was a big, burly, baldish man, patient and good-natured, but given to blank trances of absence of mind. Origin Middle English: probably from a base meaning 'white patch', whence the archaic sense 'marked or streaked with white'. Compare with Welsh ceffyl bal, denoting a horse with a white mark on its face. Words related to bald in other northern European languages suggest that its core meaning was ‘having a white patch or streak’. This may survive in the phrase as bald as a coot. The coot is not actually bald: it has a broad white area on its forehead extending up from the base of its bill. Descriptions of people as being as bald as a coot appear as far back as the 15th century. Rhymes scald, so-called, uncalled, unwalled adj.1 phr. Definition of bald in US English: bald adjectivebôldbɔld 1Having a scalp wholly or partly lacking hair. 秃的 he was starting to go bald 他开始谢顶了。 he had a shiny bald head Example sentencesExamples I really care about my hair, I do my best in order not to go bald. Magnor Tanek was old, with fluffy white hair and a bald spot. Ted sighed and ran a hand over his head again, rubbing his bald scalp. Those stem cells could be grown up and used to get hair growing again on bald scalps. Martino's head was starting to go bald and he had a round belly. It was the bald guy, his scalp shining under the café's lights. Gadi had all his hair cut off, his head shaven bald. This form is most common in children and involves red, itchy patches on the scalp, often leaving bald patches. You don't have to go bald, but expect your wallet to get slimmer instead. The man is completely bald, lacking even eyebrows. She looks like a disgruntled old man, her ears red, her scalp bald and splotchy. Her head was not completely smooth like a bald human, but had three ridges, one in the middle and one on each side of that. In addition to a bald spot, the scalp usually has an abnormal appearance. Unkempt braids of jet-black hair ran down either side of his head, the better part of which had been shaven bald. He stares out at us from photographs and self-portraits, bald, bearded and utterly lacking in flamboyance. The man, with slightly gray hair, bald on the top of the head, and steely gray eyes, was wearing an expensive suit. ‘Please, sit down you two,’ the gray hair, nearly bald doctor beckoned us to the seats. A person becomes bald if the scalp follicles die and no longer produce new hair. A small, just-noticeable tingle started on the top of his bald scalp. Dark hair sprung from his once bald scalp and the wrinkles on his face smoothed out. Synonyms hairless, bald-headed, smooth 1.1 (of an animal) not covered by the usual fur, hair, or feathers. （动物）无毛的 hedgehogs are born bald 刺猬出生时无毛。 Example sentencesExamples That penchant for dressing bald rats in sequins and leather is a different story altogether. Atman gave the bald creature a studying gaze, and connected another blow, directly on its chin. They noted that the mutant mice groomed themselves excessively-to the extent of creating bald spots and skin wounds. Obesity may be seen as bald patches in certain areas where the feather tracts have separated because of large deposits of fat under the skin. Stretch was a bald chicken that Moose had plucked all the feathers off. A cat with little bald patches is unattractive. And I do so like my cat to be cute. A pampered pet Shih Tzu dog was left bald after a Hong Kong salon accidentally shaved him when he was taken in for a grooming, a news report said yesterday. Sometimes birds will get feather mites and all their feathers will get eaten away by the mites and the birds are bald until they grow in new ones. The small bald creature leapt gracefully onto the table and outstretched its whip-like tail and its long paper-thin ears. She pointed to a grim looking giant bald monkey tied to a stall with a bright red glowing collar around its neck. This bird has a bald, red face that only a mother could love, but it boasts an incredible nine-foot wingspan and a majesty in flight that rivals any raptor. In the north we then saw full-up jumping goats, brick buck, bald buck, camel horses and also more cats. The bald cat padded its way across the cobblestoned path, and up to the castle gates. Raja was just 3-weeks-old, bald with no feathers, when he brought him home. A bald chimp links a girl standing on a trolley with a baby perched on a miniature wagon. She opened the cabinet and found the bald chicken! I noticed that some of the ducks have a bald patch at the back of their heads and that other ducks often attack them here with their beaks. Some monkeys had bald patches caused by over-grooming, a compulsive behaviour caused by stress. It was like some sort of ghastly empowerment group, of thousands, except it was being chaired by a bald ape who ran hither and yon. There is excitement in the birding world after a bald parrot was reported in the remote Brazilian Mato Grosso region. 1.2 (of a plant or an area of land) not covered by the usual leaves, bark, or vegetation. （动物）无毛的 the bald trunks with their empty branches Example sentencesExamples Take a look at your lawn and write about the patchy areas of crabgrass and bald spots found. Its bald expanse colonized by a single stubby tree, the narrow courtyard has the bleak and slightly disturbing aura of a de Chirico painting. Fork over bald areas, add some compost and then sow seed or patch with a piece of turf and water in well. As this correspondent observed last week, the forests have re-grown and the erstwhile bald hills are now covered in luxurious foliage and flora. The beautiful hills that used to be covered with bushes and trees are now bald. Work is being done on the pathways round the lakes in order to keep anglers to the paths and hopefully seed the bald areas. They launched into a discussion about my personal life while I sat and picked the ground bald of grass. Where seedlings had lined out the field only two days before there were bald seed beds splashed with puddles of goose droppings. She looks upon an open space of withered grass and tired, bald turf. As readers will discover, this rare plant species of federal concern grows in bald cypress-tupelo gum swamp forests in the coastal plain. Then, we went by K-mart and bought a few plants for the bald part of the backyard. Outside my door was a green leafed bush, which apparently had not gone bald in the wintertime. At the source, a spring tumbled out of the bald hillside into a willow-shaded pool the size of a large table. Synonyms leafless, bare, uncovered, stark 1.3 (of a tire) having the tread worn away. （轮胎）磨光的 my car had two bald tires Example sentencesExamples The car's tyres were bald; a fork was in the ignition; there were beer bottles all over the car and the road; and all three were aged about 18. O'Toole quipped the policy was like a car with four bald tyres and, when you opened the boot, the spare was flat. Public transport running on bald tyres on bad roads and with bad brakes is ‘an accident’ waiting to happen. Police in North Yorkshire yesterday launched a major clampdown on motorist who drive on worn and bald tyres in an attempt to save lives. Some 24 vehicles were found to have bald tyres while 12 had defective lights. They headed for Prague, but got stopped on the Czech border because the tyres on their vans were bald. He said one wheel was loose, two tires were bald, and only one of the truck's six air brakes was working properly. Two more involved low-income, illegal car/van pools running both at high speeds and on completely bald tires! You can drive a pile of rust here, with bald tires, garbage bags for windows and no lights, and no one will say ‘Boo’ about it. The officers found nothing wrong until they found one of the tyres was a space-saver and was bald. What do you think if you did the same thing, resulting in chronic underfunding of your tyre budget, driving around with bald tyres? It was an accident that could have happened anywhere and he did not believe that any bald tyres recovered from the crash scene could have come from the bus. The first thing we noticed were the tyres, which were almost bald. Atkinson's car was found to have three bald tyres - on one of them the steel cord was showing - and the front brakes on one side were seized up. When the rubber on the blocks wears out, they need to be replaced, just like bald tires. Tires have built-in wear indicators that appear as a bald strip when there is 1.6 millimeters of tread remaining. Some buses examined by inspectors in the last year have been found to have defective steering, faulty brakes or even bald tyres. He glared at me and started writing another ticket for having bald tires! When performing this act of charity he notices that one of the other tyres is partially bald, and therefore illegal. You could even report your neighbour's bald tyres, unlicensed bulls or smoking in the house - which is a workplace when they have the cleaner or the gas-man in. 2attributive Not having any extra detail or explanation; plain or blunt. 干巴巴的；赤裸裸的；直截了当的 the bald statement in the preceding paragraph requires amplification 前一段里干巴巴的陈述需要进一步发挥。 Example sentencesExamples He always settles for bald honesty or nothing at all. But the bald figures tell an indisputably brighter story. In particular, the link between poverty and health was noted for confusing interpretations of the bald figures. All of this being ‘merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative’. The bald figures don't begin to delineate the crisis because they don't take account of the desperate attempts by the media to retain market share. The listener isn't challenged to dig deep for hidden meaning - these dark tales are as bald and straightforward as one could imagine. None of you want to react to that bald statement by me, I am sure. They're so bizarre I'm not certain I could even summarise them: they are a bald statement of extreme political reaction. Such a bald statement would, of course, be denied by any responsible public figure. This is because interpretation is often as valuable - even more valuable at times - to readers than a bald statement of the facts. One can only guess at the research and detective work that has gone into the bald details recorded for each piece. He knew the bald, unvarnished, terrified truth when he heard it. But bald figures and artists' impressions do not tell the whole story. In all that I've read and heard, the response - such as it is - to this question has been bald and simple. Again, the Plaintiffs rely upon bald statements in their factum without supporting evidence. But the bald figures mask anxieties and fears that are being played out throughout Britain in homes, offices and schools. Even his own Labour Muslim colleagues were angry with his bald statement, for which he later apologised in his local newspaper. Their calls for an explanation were met with bald denials from coalition spokesmen. There has clearly been an element of special pleading here, but it is not actually a plea to ministers for more cash, it is just a bald and factual statement of the problems. Some might see this bald honesty as refreshing. Synonyms plain, simple, unadorned, unvarnished, unembellished, undisguised, unveiled, stark, severe, austere, brutal, harsh Origin Middle English: probably from a base meaning ‘white patch’, whence the archaic sense ‘marked or streaked with white’. Compare with Welsh ceffyl bal, denoting a horse with a white mark on its face.
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