| 词汇 | bald |
| 释义 | bald-faced lieA blatantly obvious and/or impudent untruth, one in which the liar does not attempt to disguise their mendacity. Our son tells us nothing but bald-faced lies when we ask him where he goes at night. bald-faced liarOne who tells blatantly obvious and/or impudent untruths easily and with little or no attempt to disguise the lie. Everyone knows he is just a bald-faced liar. It's a wonder anyone believes a thing he says anymore. bald as a cootTotally bald. My father had long hair as a teen, but now he's bald as a coot. be as bald as a cootTo be totally bald. My father had long hair as a teen, but now he's as bald as a coot. bald-headed hermitvulgar slang A penis. Hey, I don't want to see your bald-headed hermit—pull up your pants! bald-headed mousevulgar slang A penis. Hey, I don't want to see your bald-headed mouse—pull up your pants! *bald as a cootand *bald as a baby's backsidecompletely bald. (*Also: as ~.) If Tom's hair keeps receding like that, he'll be bald as a coot by the time he's thirty. Fred: Now, I'll admit my hair is thinning a little on the top, but—Jane: Thinning? You're not thinning, you're as bald as a baby's backside! as bald as a cootcompletely bald.The coot (Fulica atra) has a broad white shield extending up from the base of its bill. The history of the word bald is somewhat obscure, but analogies with other northern European languages suggest a connection with the idea of ‘having a white patch or streak’. (as) bald as a ˈcoothaving no hair on your head at all: Why did you buy him a hairbrush? He’s as bald as a coot!A coot is a black bird with a white patch on its forehead that lives on or near water. bald-headed hermitand bald-headed mouse and one-eyed pants mouse n. the penis. (Usually objectionable.) Somebody said something about the attack of the one-eyed pants mouse, and all the boys howled with laughter. Although “bald-headed hermit” gave her mental images of Ghandi on vacation, she soon figured out the riddle. bald-headed mouseverbSee bald-headed hermit bald as a coot/billiard ballVery bald indeed. The coot is a black waterbird whose white bill extends up to the forehead, making it appear to be bald. Indeed, this bird was already being called a balled cote in the thirteenth century. The later simile, to a billiard ball, has been less recorded, but since billiards was already popular in Shakespeare’s day it cannot be of very recent origin. |
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