| 单词 | fair sex |
| 释义 | fair sexor fairer sexSEE SYNONYMS FOR fair sex ON THESAURUS.COM noun Older Use: Sometimes Offensive.women as a group (usually used facetiously): an insult to the fair sex. Origin of fair sexFirst recorded in 1680–90 usage note for fair sexThis is a dated term, usually used for humorous effect. It uses the word fair in the sense of “physically attractive”; because it refers to a woman in terms of her appearance, it is sometimes perceived as demeaning. Words nearby fair sexfairness, fairness doctrine, Fair Oaks, fair play, fair rent, fair sex, fair shake, fair-spoken, fair territory, fair to middling, fair trade Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for fair sex
British Dictionary definitions for fair sexfair sex nounthe fair sex women collectively Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with fair sexfair sex Girls or women, as in Many women would object to being called the fair sex nowadays. This euphemism uses fair in the sense of “physically beautiful” and is probably dying out. [Mid-1600s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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