fair-haired
fair-haired — adjective
1. having hair that is light in colour, ranging from light brown to blonde.
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.
attributive: fair-haired + noun describing a person
Both of Tanvi's children are fair-haired, even though she and her husband have dark hair.
predicative: be + fair-haired
As a fair-haired child, Mert had to wear sunscreen at the beach every summer.
The fair-haired woman dabbed sunscreen on her scalp, a ritual her dark-haired friend never needed.
- 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.