fairing

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈfɛəɹɪŋ/    美 /ˈfɛɹɪŋ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A gift or other souvenir bought at a fair. archaic
    — She told me she was on her way to the fair in Bolzano and assumed I was going there too. Should we meet there, I must buy her a fairing [translating Jahrmarkt].
  2. A covering on various parts of a vehicle, for example an aircraft, automobile, or motorcycle, that streamlines it (i.e., produces a smooth exterior and reduces drag).
    — The fairing over the driving motion of this engine, and of the 4-6-2s, was removed subsequently, to give greater accessibility to the working parts.
  3. A present, especially given by a lover. archaic
  4. Something that is deserved; one's deserts. Ireland,Scotland,archaic
  5. A type of small gingerbread biscuit; a ginger nut.
    — […] the ground […] was already being occupied by the “cheap Jacks,” with their green-covered carts and marvellous assortment of wares; and the booths of more legitimate small traders, with their tempting arrays of fairings and eatables; and penny peep-shows and other shows, containing pink-eyed ladies, and dwarfs, and boa-constrictors, and wild Indians.
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of fair form-of,gerund,participle,present

词形变化

fairings plural fairings plural

词汇关系

衍生词
Cornish fairing get one's fairing

词源

词源 1
From fair (“community gathering, market”). In the sense of food, because cakes and sweets were sold at fairs.
词源 2
From fair (“to smoothen or even a surface”).
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