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1 bald-coot
bald-coot[´bɔ:ld¸ku:t] n 1. водна кокошка; 2. плешив човек. -
2 bald
{bɔ:ld}
1. плешив, лис
BALD as a coot съвсем плешив
2. гол, без растителност/пера/мъх
3. с бяло петно на главата, лис (за кон и пр.)
4. прост, без украшения
5. еднообразен, безинтересен, безцветен (за стил)
6. нескрит, явен* * *{bъ:ld} а 1. плешив; лис; bald as a coot съвсем плешив; 2. гол, без* * *плешив; банален; гол; лис;* * *1. bald as a coot съвсем плешив 2. гол, без растителност/пера/мъх 3. еднообразен, безинтересен, безцветен (за стил) 4. нескрит, явен 5. плешив, лис 6. прост, без украшения 7. с бяло петно на главата, лис (за кон и пр.)* * *bald[bɔ:ld] adj 1. плешив; лис; (as) \bald as a coot съвсем плешив; 2. изтъркан, износен (за грайфер на гума); 3. прост, обикновен, без украшения; \bald statement of the facts безпристрастно излагане на фактите, неукрасена истина; 4. гол, без растителност, козина, пера, мъх; 5. лис, с бяло петно; 6. банален, шаблонен, изтъркан, еднообразен, постен, безинтересен, скучен, безцветен, сух; 7. неприкрит, явен, очевиден, очебиен, забележим, ярък. -
3 coot
{ku:t}
1. белочела водна кокошка (Fulica atra)
2. разг. глупак, глупчо* * *{ku:t} n 1. белочела водна кокошка (Fulica atra); 2. разг. глупа* * *1. белочела водна кокошка (fulica atra) 2. разг. глупак, глупчо* * *coot [ku:t] n 1. зоол. водна кокошка Fulica atra; bald as a \coot съвсем плешив; 2. глупак; 3. sl маце, "парче".
См. также в других словарях:
Bald coot — Bald Bald (b[add]ld), a. [OE. balled, ballid, perh. the p. p. of ball to reduce to the roundness or smoothness of a ball, by removing hair. [root]85. But cf. W. bali whiteness in a horse s forehead.] 1. Destitute of the natural or common covering … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bald-coot — baldˈ coot or baldˈicoot noun The coot, from its pure white wide frontal plate • • • Main Entry: ↑bald … Useful english dictionary
bald coot — noun 1. : the Old World coot 2. : florida gallinule 3. : coot 4 * * * bald coot, a species of coot common in Europe … Useful english dictionary
bald coot — /bɔld ˈkut/ (say bawld kooht) noun → purple swamphen …
Coot — (k[=oo]t), n. [Cf. D. koet, W. cwtair; cwta short, bodtailed + iar hen; cf. cwtau to dock. Cf. {Cut}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) A wading bird with lobate toes, of the genus {Fulica}. The common European or bald coot is {Fulica atra} (see under {bald});… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bald — (b[add]ld), a. [OE. balled, ballid, perh. the p. p. of ball to reduce to the roundness or smoothness of a ball, by removing hair. [root]85. But cf. W. bali whiteness in a horse s forehead.] 1. Destitute of the natural or common covering on the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bald buzzard — Bald Bald (b[add]ld), a. [OE. balled, ballid, perh. the p. p. of ball to reduce to the roundness or smoothness of a ball, by removing hair. [root]85. But cf. W. bali whiteness in a horse s forehead.] 1. Destitute of the natural or common covering … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
coot — /kut / (say kooht) noun 1. any of the aquatic birds of the genus Fulica characterised by lobate toes and short wings and tail, as the Eurasian coot, Fulica atra, a black bird with a white frontal shield and bill. 2. Also, bald coot. → purple… …
bald as a coot — A person who is completely bald is as bald as a coot … The small dictionary of idiomes
bald as a coot — see under ↑coot1 • • • Main Entry: ↑bald … Useful english dictionary
bald — (adj.) c.1300, ballede, probably, with M.E. ede adjectival suffix, from Celt. bal white patch, blaze especially on the head of a horse or other animal (from PIE root *bhel (1) to shine, flash, gleam; see BLEACH (Cf. bleach)). Cf., from the same… … Etymology dictionary
