fairing

fairing — noun

1. a shaped outer cover added to part of a vehicle or machine so air or water can p

1.名詞C1
釋義

a shaped outer cover added to part of a vehicle or machine so air or water can pass it more smoothly.

例句

The mechanic replaced the cracked fairing on Nadia's scooter before the race.

replace the fairing on + vehicle part

A loose fairing under the small plane made a loud noise in flight.

fairing under + aircraft

同義詞
  • cowling

    often used for the fitted cover around an engine or front section

  • shroud

    broader word for a cover and not always tied to reducing drag

  • panel

    general everyday word, less technical and less precise

文法句型

replace/remove + a fairing

front/nose/bike + fairing

用法筆記

Usually names an added outer panel on aircraft, motorcycles, bicycles, or boats. It refers to one shaped covering part, not to the whole body of the vehicle.

2. a small present that someone buys at a fair and takes home for another person.

2.名詞C2
釋義

a small present that someone buys at a fair and takes home for another person.

例句

Caio bought his little sister a wooden whistle as a fairing from the spring fair.

buy a fairing from + fair

Grandmother kept the painted cup Christopher gave her as a fairing from York fair.

give someone a fairing from + fair

同義詞
  • souvenir

    stresses that it is brought back from a place or event

  • token

    suggests a small symbolic gift rather than a fair purchase

文法句型

buy + a fairing + at/from + a fair

bring + someone + a fairing

用法筆記

This is an old-fashioned word for a small present brought back from a fair. In modern everyday English, speakers would usually say gift or souvenir instead.