這個拼法底下其實是2個不同的字,意思沒有關係, 只是長得一樣。下面分開列出來。跳到 fair, just · county fair

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fair

a, r

核心畫面

You can picture this fair as an even, clean balance — a set of scales where both sides sit level and nobody's thumb is on the pan. From that one picture of evenness and no cheating, most of the word grows: a fair deal (the scales are level), a fair fight (nobody breaks the rules), a fair share (everyone gets an equal slice). A second, older thread runs through it too — 'clean, bright, light' — which surfaces in fair hair, fair skin, and fair (dry, bright) weather. The two threads meet in the old feeling of 'clear, clean, without spot'.

可以想成一架平穩、乾淨的天秤:兩邊一樣高,沒有人偷偷把手指壓在盤子上。從這個「平、不作弊」的畫面,這個字大半的意思都更多收起可以想成一架平穩、乾淨的天秤:兩邊一樣高,沒有人偷偷把手指壓在盤子上。從這個「平、不作弊」的畫面,這個字大半的意思都長出來了:公道的交易(秤是平的)、正當的比賽(沒人犯規)、應得的一份(每人一塊一樣大)。它還有一條較古老的線——「乾淨、明亮、淺淡」——出現在金髮、白皙的膚色、晴朗(乾爽明亮)的天氣裡。兩條線在「清澈、潔淨、沒有污點」這個老感覺上交會。

A second word, same spelling

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fair

n

核心畫面

You can picture this fair as a big open-air gathering on a set day — stalls, rides, animals, people coming from all around to buy, sell, look, and have fun. This is a different word from the adjective fair (just/beautiful): it comes from Latin 'feria', a holy day or festival. Originally a market held on a feast day, it spreads out into the modern , the country show, the trade exhibition, and the job fair — all of them that same idea of a temporary gathering where things are shown and exchanged.

可以想成一個在固定日子、露天舉辦的大型聚集:一排排攤位、遊樂設施、牲畜,人們從四面八方趕來買賣、觀看、湊熱鬧。這是和更多收起可以想成一個在固定日子、露天舉辦的大型聚集:一排排攤位、遊樂設施、牲畜,人們從四面八方趕來買賣、觀看、湊熱鬧。這是和形容詞 fair(公正/美麗)完全不同的字,源自拉丁文 feria,原指節慶或聖日。它本來是節慶當天的市集,後來散開成現代的遊樂園、鄉村園遊會、商品展覽會、徵才博覽會——全都帶著「臨時聚在一起、展示並交換東西」這個共同的味道。

原始詞典資料35 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Fairname

  • 1

    A surname.

fairadj詞源 1/ˈfɛə/

  • 1

    archaicliteraryBeautiful, of a pleasing appearance, with a pure and fresh quality.

    • Monday's child is fair of face.
    • There was once a knight who wooed a fair young maid.
  • 2

    Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent.

    • one's fair name
    • After scratching out and replacing various words in the manuscript, he scribed a fair copy to send to the publisher.
  • 3

    Light in color, pale, particularly with regard to skin tone but also referring to blond and red hair.

    • She had fair hair and blue eyes.
    • the northern people large and fair-complexioned
  • 4

    Just.

    • He must be given a fair trial.
    • “[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
  • 5

    Adequate, reasonable, or decent, but not excellent.

    • Their performance has been only fair.
    • The patient was in a fair condition after some treatment.
  • 6

    nauticaltransportFavorable to a ship's course.

    • I shipped with them and becoming friends, we set forth on our venture, in health and safety; and sailed with a fair wind, till we came to a city called Madínat-al-Sín; […]
  • 7

    Favorable, pleasant.

    • The weather was fair today.
  • 8

    Favorable, pleasant.

    • a fair sky
    • They had good weather and tolerably fair winds, and before they entered the Straits of Magellan the captain had formulated a plan for the disposition of Garta.
另外 6 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    Favorable, pleasant.

    • a fair mark;  in fair sight;  a fair view
    • The caliphs obtained a mighty empire, which was in a fair way to have enlarged.
  • 10

    businessmanufacturingshipbuildingWithout sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; flowing; said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines.

  • 11

    ball-gamesbaseballgamesBetween the baselines.

  • 12

    ball-gamesgameshobbiesTaken direct from an opponent's foot, without the ball touching the ground or another player.

  • 13

    ball-gamescricketgamesNot a no ball.

  • 14

    mathematicssciencesstatisticsOf a coin or die, having equal chance of landing on any side, unbiased.

    • A fair coin has a 50% chance of landing on heads.

fairnoun詞源 1/ˈfɛə/

  • 1

    Something which is fair (in various senses of the adjective).

    • When will we learn to distinguish between the fair and the foul?
  • 2

    obsoleteA woman, a member of the ‘fair sex’; also as a collective singular, women.

    • Love and Hymen, hand in hand, Come, restore the nuptial band! And sincere delights prepare To crown the hero and the fair.
    • Here Jones, having ordered a servant to show a room above stairs, was ascending, when the dishevelled fair, hastily following, was laid hold on by the master of the house, who cried, “Heyday, where is that beggar wench going? Stay below stairs, I desire you.”
  • 3

    obsoleteFairness, beauty.

    • My decayed fair
  • 4

    A fair woman; a sweetheart.

    • I have found out a gift for my fair.
  • 5

    obsoleteGood fortune; good luck.

    • Now, fair befall thee, good Petruchio!

fairverb詞源 1/ˈfɛə/

  • 1

    To smoothen or even a surface (especially a connection or junction on a surface).

  • 2

    To bring into perfect alignment (especially about rivet holes when connecting structural members).

  • 3

    artartsTo make an animation smooth, removing any jerkiness.

    • Since the sequence of data contain sampling noises, the captured motion is not smooth and wiggles along the moving path. There are well-known fairing algorithms in Euclidean space based on difference geometry.
  • 4

    To construct or design with the aim of producing a smooth outline or reducing air drag or water resistance.

    • Two forward cars were provided with the model. One of these (shown detached in Fig. 1) was faired at its after end, with a view to possible reduction of head resistance, and to induce a better flow of air to the propeller.
  • 5

    obsoleteTo make fair or beautiful.

    • Fairing the foul with art’s false borrow’d face
  • 6

    To become fair (favorable, not stormy).

    • [The] weather faired, and toward midday we were again facing the fringe of breakers from the cliffs.
    • ... weather "faired off" next morning, and we were not a bit sorry to mark time for a couple of days while the water went down.

fairadv詞源 1/ˈfɛə/

  • 1

    Clearly, openly, frankly, civilly, honestly, favorably, auspiciously, agreeably.

  • 2

    Almost; to a great extent but not literally.

    • "I'm fair moidered to know what to do wid him," she confessed to the rosy-cheeked Bridget one day.
    • "I just want to get me blasted boots off and soak me poor feet, they're fair killing me, what with chilblains and corns, me toes are fair screaming."

fairnoun詞源 2/ˈfɛə/

  • 1

    A community gathering to celebrate and exhibit local achievements.

  • 2

    An event for public entertainment and trade, a market.

    • The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.
  • 3

    An event for professionals in a trade to learn of new products and do business, a trade fair.

  • 4

    A travelling amusement park (called a funfair in British English and a (travelling) carnival in US English).

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。