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bold-faced

/bohld-feyst/US // ˈboʊldˌfeɪst //

黑体字,粗体字,粗体字的,黑体字的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : impudent; brazen: He had the bold-faced effrontery to ask for a raise.
    • : Printing. having thick, heavy lines.

Examples

  • But if Democrats are faced with the reality of a glut of qualified candidates, Republicans are assembling more of a fantasy team.

  • The well, ghost or no ghost, is certainly a piece of history with a bold presence.

  • In front of this strange structure are two blank-faced, well-dressed models showing off the latest in European minimalism.

  • A sad-faced orange Star of David flashed across the iPhone screen as we swiped left on “James” (not his real name).

  • The pale, baby-faced, red-cheeked rapper is furiously puffing away at a hastily-made blunt crammed with low-grade weed.

  • I pictured him as slim and young looking, smooth-faced, with golden curly hair, and big brown eyes.

  • Then Paterno adroitly brought matters to a crisis in a bold peroration which changed the whole scene.

  • M was a Miser, and hoarded up gold; N was a Nobleman, gallant and bold.

  • If we had shot 'em without discrimination, the cowards would have got bold, seein' that they weren't safer in rear than in front.

  • She was a plump-faced, insipid child, with fair hair and pale blue eyes, stolid and bovine in their expressionlessness.