bald

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

bald [bald balds balded balding balder baldest] BrE [bɔːld] NAmE [bɔːld] adjective
1. having little or no hair on the head
•He started going bald in his twenties.
2. without any of the usual hair, marks, etc. covering the skin or surface of sth
•Our dog has a bald patch on its leg.
•a bald tyre (= a tyre whose surface has become smooth)
3. without any extra explanation or detail to help you understand or accept what is being said
•The bald fact is that we don't need you any longer.
•The letter was a bald statement of our legal position.
see also ↑baldly
Idiom: ↑bald as a coot
Derived Word: ↑baldness

Word Origin:
Middle 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.

Example Bank:
•young men who go prematurely bald
•The bald fact is that we don't need you any longer.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  denuded, denudate, bald-headed, bald-pated, barefaced