bold

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈbəʊld/|[ˈbɒʊɫd]    美 /boʊld/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A dwelling; habitation; building. obsolete
动词 v.
  1. To make (a font or some text) bold. informal,transitive
    — Please bold all these subheads.
  2. To make bold or daring. obsolete,transitive
    — […] for this buſines, It touches vs, as France inuades our land Not bolds the King, with others whome I feare, Moſt iuſt and heauy cauſes make oppoſe.
  3. To become bold or brave. intransitive,obsolete
形容词 adj.
  1. Courageous, daring.
    — Bold deeds win admiration and, sometimes, medals.
  2. Visually striking; conspicuous.
    — the painter's bold use of colour and outline
  3. Having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface.
    — Many bold fonts are available on this computer.
  4. Presumptuous, forward or impudent.
    — […] even the boldeſt and moſt affirmative Philoſophy, which has ever attempted to impoſe its crude Dictates and Principles on Mankind.
  5. Naughty; insolent; badly-behaved. Ireland
    — All of her children are terribly bold and never do as they are told.
  6. Full-bodied.
  7. Pornographic; depicting nudity. Philippines
    — The government warned bus operators against continuing to show bold content on buses.
  8. Steep or abrupt.
    — The grounds descend with a bold slope to the water's edge, and rise finely upwards above the mansion, abounding with fine trees, and ornamented by a range of building at a distance, in a corresponding style […]

词形变化

bolder comparative more bold comparative boldest superlative most bold superlative bolds present,singular,third-person bolding participle,present bolded participle,past bolded past bolds plural bolde alternative boolde alternative

词汇关系

近义词
embolden
衍生词
blackboard bold boldacious bold as brass boldface bold-faced boldfaced bold film boldhead bold-hearted boldish boldly bold move, Cotton bold movie boldship bold star demibold extrabold fortune favors the bold fortune favours the bold if I may be so bold make bold nonbold overbold semibold superbold ultrabold unbold nonbolded unbolded
相关词
bield bolden boldness embolden

词源

词源 1
From Middle English bold, bolde, bald, beald, from Old English bald, beald (“bold, brave, confident, strong, of good courage, presumptuous, impudent”), from Proto-West Germanic *balþ, from Proto-Germanic *balþaz (“strong, bold”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-, *bʰlē- (“to bloat, swell, bubble”).
Cognate with Dutch boud (“bold, courageous, fearless”), Middle High German balt (“bold”) (whence German bald (“soon”)), Swedish båld (“bold, dauntless”). Perhaps related to Albanian ballë (“forehead”) and Old Prussian balo (“forehead”). Compare typologically Italian affrontare (“to face, to deal with”), sfrontato (“bold, daring, insolent”), both from Latin frons (“forehead”).
词源 2
From Middle English bolden, balden, from Old English baldian, bealdian, from Proto-Germanic *balþōną, related to *balþaz (see above). Cognate with Old High German irbaldōn (“to become bold, dare”).
词源 3
From Middle English bold, from Old English bold, blod, bolt, botl (“house, dwelling-place, mansion, hall, castle, temple”), from Proto-Germanic *budlą, *buþlą (“house, dwelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to grow, wax, swell”) or *bʰuH-.
Cognate with Old Frisian bold (“house”) (whence North Frisian bol, boel, bøl (“house”)), North Frisian bodel, budel (“property, inheritance”), Middle Low German būdel (“property, real estate”). Related to build.
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