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单词 baldness
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baldness
noun[U]
uk
/ˈbɔːld.nəs/us
/ˈbɑːld.nəs/

baldnessnoun[U](HAIR LOSS)

theconditionof having little or nohairon thehead:
Hesufferedfromprematurebaldness,losinghishairin histwenties.
There is nocurefor baldness.
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More examples
  • He wasconvictedforfalseclaimshe made about theeffectivenessof atreatmentfor baldness.
  • Inhumans,malebaldness isassociatedwith hightestosteronelevels.
  • athick,solidman whose baldness makes himlookolderthan he is
  • She iswearingafloralhatthatbarelycoversher baldness.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Hair
  • anti-dandruff
  • as bald as a cootphrase
  • baldy
  • bedhead
  • curl
  • curly
  • frizzle
  • frizzled
  • frizzy
  • fuzzy
  • goatee
  • lank
  • mane
  • mustachio
  • muttonchops
  • rug
  • scurf
  • slaphead
  • walrus moustache
  • whisker
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baldnessnoun[U](DIRECTNESS)

thequalityof being verydirect, with nounnecessarywords or noattemptto be morepoliteor lessshocking:
The baldness of herquestionshockedhim.
More examples
  • It is the baldness of herstatementthatdisturbsme.
  • Thecommentshockedlistenerswithitsbaldness.
  • I wassurprisedby thedescription. I didn'texpectsuch baldness.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Blunt and direct in speech & behaviour
  • abruptly
  • abruptness
  • bald
  • baldly
  • bluff
  • blunt
  • bluntly
  • edgelord
  • flat outphrase
  • forthright
  • forthrightness
  • forwardness
  • plain speaking
  • plain-spoken
  • plainness
  • point-blank
  • pull
  • shoot
  • suffer
  • vocal
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bald
(Definition ofbaldnessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

baldness| American Dictionary

baldness
noun[U]
us
/ˈbɔld·nəs/
thestateof having no or very littlehair:
(Definition ofbaldnessfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbaldness

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Consider "baldness," a favored concept among philosophers of vagueness, though hardly one that those of us with thinning hair like to dwell upon.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Treatment to removebaldnessin the first context is therapy, because it removes an obstacle to normal living.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The androgen-responsive genes that are involved in malepatternbaldnessare yet to be identified.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In both cases, it is vitally important t h a t the presence or absence ofbaldnessis correctly diagnosed.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These are, respectively, young males who have a significant degree ofbaldnessand older males who have no indication of hair loss.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Any condition with a treatment,baldnessfor example, is now portrayed as a disease with a medicine that can cure it.
From theCambridge English Corpus
A person might similarly think that all legal questions, normative questions about what should be done, have a correct answer even if some statements aboutbaldnessdo not.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Then there are those advertisements which give positive promises of a cure forbaldness.
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They included barber's rash,baldnessand whooping cough.
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That was clear from the bald circle round the eyes andbaldnessaround the nose, a sure indication that an animal has had myxomatosis.
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I shall now try to put a little hair on thebaldnessby adding another little piece.
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It is no good saying that it is not a cure for inflation, a cure forbaldnessor a cure for anything else.
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If one goes further, one gets to cures forbaldness— rub something on your hair and it will grow within a few weeks.
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The customer is supposed to get individual treatment for his symptoms ofbaldness.
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The companies define inevitable features of normal lives—sadness, grief, ageing and evenbaldness—as illnesses.
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