词汇 | bald |
词源 | bald [ME] 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 [LME]. The coot is not actually bald: it has a broad white area on its forehead extending up from the base of its bill. |
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