fair
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Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(archaic, literary)(original sense, archaic or literary) Beautiful, 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.
Đồng nghĩa: beautiful, pretty, lovely
- 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.
1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, London, Observation 21, “Of Moss, and several other small vegetative Substances,” p. 135, […] I have observ’d, that putting fair Water (whether Rain-water or Pump-water, or May-dew, or Snow-water, it was almost all one) I have often observ’d, I say, that this Water would, with a little standing, tarnish and cover all about the sides of the Glass that lay under water, with a lovely green […]
Đồng nghĩa: pure, clean, neat
- 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.
Đồng nghĩa: pale
- 4.
Just.
He must be given a fair trial.
Đồng nghĩa: honest, equitable, rightful
- 5.
Adequate, reasonable, or decent, but not excellent.
Their performance has been only fair.
The patient was in a fair condition after some treatment.
Đồng nghĩa: OK, okay
- 6.
(nautical, of a wind) Favorable to a ship's course.
- 7.
Favorable, pleasant.
The weather was fair today.
- 8.
(shipbuilding) Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; flowing; said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines.
- 9.
(baseball) Between the baselines.
- 10.
(rugby, of a catch) Taken direct from an opponent's foot, without the ball touching the ground or another player.
- 11.
(cricket, of a ball delivered by the bowler) Not a no ball.
- 12.
(statistics) Of a coin or die, having equal chance of landing on any side, unbiased.
A fair coin has a 50% chance of landing on heads.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
Something which is fair (in various senses of the adjective).
When will we learn to distinguish between the fair and the foul?
- 2.
(obsolete)A woman, a member of the ‘fair sex’; also as a collective singular, women.
- 3.
(obsolete)Fairness, beauty.
- 4.
A fair woman; a sweetheart.
- 5.
(obsolete)Good fortune; good luck.
- 6.
A community gathering to celebrate and exhibit local achievements.
- 7.
An event for public entertainment and trade, a market.
- 8.
An event for professionals in a trade to learn of new products and do business, a trade fair.
- 9.
A travelling amusement park (called a funfair in British English and a (travelling) carnival in US English).
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To smoothen or even a surface (especially a connection or junction on a surface).
- 2.
(transitive)To bring into perfect alignment (especially about rivet holes when connecting structural members).
- 3.
(transitive)(transitive, art) To make an animation smooth, removing any jerkiness.
- 4.
(transitive)To construct or design with the aim of producing a smooth outline or reducing air drag or water resistance.
- 5.
(obsolete, transitive)To make fair or beautiful.
- 6.
(intransitive)(intransitive, of weather) To become fair (favorable, not stormy).
Trạng từ
adverb- 1.
Clearly, openly, frankly, civilly, honestly, favorably, auspiciously, agreeably.
- 2.
(Ireland)Almost; to a great extent but not literally.
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From Middle English fayr, from Old English fæġer (beautiful), from *fagr, from Proto-Germanic *fagraz (appropriate, fitting, nice, suitable), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (to attach, join; agreement, settlement). 2 cog Cognate with fagar, fager, favr (fair, pretty, wonderful), fagur, fager, 𐍆𐌰𐌲𐍂𐍃, vapper, vauras; also pāx, pase,, pěkný, piekny, piękny (beautiful;