fairing

fairing — 名詞

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

整流罩

裝在飛機或車體外側以減少阻力的外殼

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.

技師在比賽前換掉 Nadia 機車上裂開的整流罩。

replace the fairing on + vehicle part

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

小飛機下方鬆動的整流罩在飛行時發出很大的聲音。

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

市集禮物

在市集買回送人的小禮物

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.

Caio 在春季市集買了一支木哨，當作送給妹妹的市集禮物。

buy a fairing from + fair

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

祖母一直留著 Christopher 從約克市集帶給她的彩繪杯子，當作那份市集禮物。

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.