单词 | fair one |
释义 | > as lemmasfair one f. Applied to a woman or to women collectively, as expressing a quality considered as characteristic of the female sex. In earlier use frequently in fair one.the fair sex, the fairer sex: see sex n.1 Phrases 1. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > woman > [adjective] femalea1382 womanisha1393 faira1450 women's-kinsc1450 feminatea1533 womankind?c1570 womenkind1571 sex1700 mollyish1801 petticoated1824 femme1925 a1450 York Plays (1885) 489 If we fynde ouȝte þat faire one in fere nowe. 1599 J. Minsheu Pleasant Dialogues Spanish & Eng. 5 in R. Percyvall & J. Minsheu Spanish Gram. What from our faire neighbour?.. Yea Sir... Well..they are from a clenly woman. 1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. III. 92 I..can by no meanes approve the ambition of your fayre neighbour. 1692 R. Ames Sylvia's Complaint 10 To the obliging Fair One, tho' unknown, Each takes his over-flowing Brimmer down. 1710 Ld. Shaftesbury Soliloquy 172 The confessing Lover..ascribes all to the Bounty of the Fair one. 1726 W. R. Chetwood Voy. & Adventures Capt. R. Boyle 48 A Note..which my fair Correspondent had taken Opportunity of leaving. 1798 J. Ferriar Illustr. Sterne v. 155 My fair readers must excuse me. 1825 A. Cunningham Wet Sheet & Flowing Sea (song) 10 O for a soft and gentle wind! I heard a fair one cry. 1878 J. H. Beadle Western Wilds xxix. 451 The fairer section of our party are startled at the crowds of men in the streets. 1947 Daily Courier (Connellsville, Pa.) 5 Mar. 8/5 The new spring hats for the fairer part of the population. 2009 Townsville Bull. (Austral.) (Nexis) 11 Apr. 69 Away to Poseur's Bar for Easter drinkies, shared perchance with a fair companion. < as lemmas |
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