| 单词 | fair-handed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfair-handed fair-handed adj. (a) having beautiful, nicely shaped, or fair-skinned hands (in later use sometimes implying unfamiliarity with hard work); also figurative (now rare); (b) free of bias or preference; just, impartial, even-handed. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > hand > [adjective] > types of fair-handed1505 steadfast1535 white-handed1598 hard-handed1600 horny1693 large-handed1712 red-handed1827 lily-handed1847 talon-like1883 1505 F. Marsin et al. Rep. Queen of Naples (modernized text) in J. Gairdner Historia Regis Henrici Septimi (1858) 232 We perceived the said queen to be right fair handed, and..they be somewhat fully and soft and fair and clean skinned. 1603 N. Breton Merrie Dialogue 10 A..faire handed, small footed, straight bodied, and, as I after found, smooth tounged gentlewoman. 1634 Malory's Most Anc. Hist. Prince Arthur i. sig. Gg3 Hee is a faire handed man. 1728 J. Thomson Spring 27 Fair-handed Spring unbosoms every Grace. 1848 Ainsworth's Mag. 14 113 Systems as unworthy of fair-handed commerce as they are unjust to her supporters, the public. 1883 Cent. Mag. Nov. 54/2 The St. Charles Hotel, where the nabobs of the Viver plantations came and dwelt with their fair-handed wives. 1917 S. Lewis Job xiv. 233 The white-haired, fair-handed women of fifty and sixty.., for whom life was nothing but a desk and a job of petty pickings. 1977 National Jrnl. (U.S.) (Nexis) 12 Feb. 232 Carter solved the dilemma by a fair-handed judgment—each of his nine senior aides would be equal in rank and status and receive a similar salary. 2002 S. Berry Hinterland i. 14 I thought that by sacking you in a fair-handed manner, I might extend the life of the government. < as lemmas |
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