| 单词 | fair-weathered |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfair-weathered fair-weathered adj. (a) that (consistently) has good weather; (b) chiefly U.S. dependable only in favourable circumstances; = fair-weather adj. 3. ΚΠ 1608 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World 642 The countrey [sc. Brazil]..is all pleasant, faire weathered, and exceeding healthfull. 1755 London Mag. Feb. 84/1 The fair-weather'd fop fond of fashion and dress. 1841 J. F. Cooper Deerslayer (ed. 2) I. v. 122 I see..I can only count on you as a fair-weathered friend. 1907 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 31 Mar. 10/5 This week was, for the most part, fair-weathered. 1999 Amer. Cowboy Mar. 26/1 The herd of fair-weathered pessimists hopped onto the ‘Bye-Ty’ bandwagon. 2011 J. L. Krintz Recondo Beach Pier 7 More and more people traveled across the country to settle in the bucolic, fair-weathered landscape and climate of Southern California. < as lemmas |
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