embolden

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ɛmˈbəʊld(ə)n/|/ɪm-/    美 /ɛmˈboʊld(ə)n/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To render (someone) bolder or more courageous; to encourage, to hearten. transitive
    — Steel your thoughts, ſharp your reſolue, imboldẽ your spirit, graſp your ſvvords; alarum miſchief, & vvith an vndãted brovv, out ſcout the grim oppoſition of most menacing perill.
  2. To format (text) in boldface. transitive
    — This note introduces several additional features of LATEX: […] ▪ The use of text style commands, including the \emph command to emphasize text, the \textbf command to embolden text, and the \texttt command to produce typewriter style text.

词形变化

emboldens present,singular,third-person emboldening participle,present emboldened participle,past emboldened past no-table-tags table-tags glossary inflection-template embolden infinitive embolden first-person,present,singular emboldened first-person,past,singular embolden present,second-person,singular emboldenest archaic,present,second-person,singular emboldened past,second-person,singular emboldenedst archaic,past,second-person,singular emboldens present,singular,third-person emboldeneth archaic,present,singular,third-person emboldened past,singular,third-person embolden plural,present emboldened past,plural embolden present,subjunctive emboldened past,subjunctive embolden imperative,present - imperative,past emboldening participle,present emboldened participle,past imbolden alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
emboldener emboldening emboldenment reembolden re-embolden
相关词
bolden embold

词源

From bold (adjective) + em- -en (variant of en- -en (circumfix forming transitive verbs denoting an increase in, or intensification of, the quality denoted by the enclosed word)). Compare Middle English embolden, enbolden (“to make bold, encourage”) (modern English embold, enbold, imbold (obsolete)), and inboldysshen (“to embolden, encourage”).
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