fair-haired
/ˌfeə ˈheəd/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌfer ˈherd/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈfer-ˈherd/ (ame, mw)
fair-haired — 形容詞
1. having hair that is light in colour, ranging from light brown to blonde.
金髮的
頭髮顏色偏淺，從淺褐到金黃
having hair that is light in colour, ranging from light brown to blonde.
The fair-haired girl sat in the front row, her blonde braids tucked behind her ears.
那位金髮女孩安靜地坐在前排，金色辮子塞在耳朵後面。
attributive: fair-haired + noun describing a person
Both of Tanvi's children are fair-haired, even though she and her husband have dark hair.
Tanvi 的兩個孩子都是淡色頭髮，儘管她和她丈夫都是深色頭髮。
predicative: be + fair-haired
As a fair-haired child, Mert had to wear sunscreen at the beach every summer.
Mert 小時候是金髮小孩，每到夏天去海邊都得擦防曬乳。
The fair-haired woman dabbed sunscreen on her scalp, a ritual her dark-haired friend never needed.
那位淡色頭髮的女子在頭皮上塗了防曬乳——這是她深色頭髮的朋友從來不需要的習慣。
- blonde
more specific — refers to a yellow or golden tone; 'fair-haired' covers a wider range from light brown to blonde
- fair
shorter form often used for complexion and hair together ('fair hair'), but as an adjective it is less specific to hair alone
- light-haired
transparent synonym, less common in everyday speech
- dark-haired
opposite end of the hair-colour spectrum
- brunette
refers to brown-haired women specifically; used as a noun more often than an adjective
文法句型
fair-haired + noun (attributive)
be + fair-haired (predicative)
用法筆記
Usually placed before a noun (attributive position), as in 'a fair-haired child'. When used after a linking verb, it describes the subject: 'both sisters are fair-haired'. The figurative expression 'fair-haired boy' (meaning a favourite person) is a fixed noun phrase and is not a sense of the adjective alone.