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英 [b??ld] 美[bold]

反義詞

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比較級:?bolder;最高級:?boldest;副詞:?boldly;名詞:?boldness;

1. 不老才大膽, 畢竟初生牛犢(才)不怕(懼)虎。

bold 勇敢的

來自PIE *bhel, 膨脹，鼓起。詞源同ball. -d, 插入字母。

bold: bold: [OE] In Old English, bold meant simply ‘brave’; the modern connotations of immodesty or presumptuousness do not seem to have developed until the 12th century. The word goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *balthaz, based ultimately, it has been speculated, on Indo- European *bhel- ‘swell’ (the psychological link through ‘being puffed up’ via ‘a(chǎn)dventurous courage’ to ‘a(chǎn)udacity’ is scarcely far-fetched). If this is so it would mean bold is related to bellows, belly, billow, bolster, and possibly bellow and bell. The notion of impetuosity is perhaps retained in the related German bald ‘soon’.
=> bell, bellows, belly, billow, bolster
bold (adj.): Old English beald (West Saxon), bald (Anglian) "bold, brave, confident, strong," from Proto-Germanic *balthaz (cognates: Old High German bald "bold, swift," in names such as Archibald, Leopold, Theobald; Gothic baltei "boldness;" Old Norse ballr "frightful, dangerous"), perhaps from PIE *bhol-to- suffixed form of *bhel- (2) "to blow, swell" (see bole).

Of flavors (coffee, etc.) from 1829. The noun meaning "those who are bold" is from c. 1300. Old French and Proven?al baut "bold," Italian baldo "bold, daring, fearless" are Germanic loan-words.

2. He believes that students should be encouraged to experiment with bold ideas.: 他認為應該鼓勵學生們將大膽的觀念付諸試驗。

3. The book's 85 colour lithographic plates look staggeringly fresh and bold.: 這本書的85張彩色平版看起來異常鮮艷醒目。

5. Use bold type for headings and bullet points for noteworthy achievements.: 標題使用粗黑字體，顯著的成就要用著重號標示。