fair-haired

/'feə'heəd/

Thân thiện

The fair-haired boy reads a book in the sunny park.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having light-colored hair: Describes a person whose hair is blond, light brown, or a similar pale shade.
   • Favorite, favored: (Chiefly US, informal) Being a special favorite; receiving preferential treatment.

Usage Examples

• Adjective (Literal meaning):

  • The fair-haired child stood out in the family portrait.
  • She is fair-haired and blue-eyed.

• Adjective (Figurative meaning):

  • He quickly became the fair-haired boy of the new management team.
  • As the CEO's fair-haired project, it received ample funding.

Advanced Usage

• "fair-haired boy": (Idiomatic, chiefly US) A person, especially a young man, who is a favorite or is given special advantages.

  • Despite his inexperience, he was the fair-haired boy for the promotion.

• "fair-haired girl": A less common but analogous term for a favored young woman.

  • In that department, she was the undisputed fair-haired girl.

Variants and Related Words

• Blond/Blonde (adj): Having fair hair and often light skin and eyes. (More common for the literal hair color).
• Golden-haired (adj): Having hair the color of gold; very fair-haired.
• Blue-eyed boy (n, chiefly UK): The British equivalent of the figurative "fair-haired boy."

Synonyms

• Literal: Blond, light-haired, flaxen-haired.
• Figurative: Favorite, pet, darling, favored, golden.

Related Phrases

• Teacher's pet: A student who is perceived to be favored by the teacher. (Similar to the figurative sense but specific to an educational context).

Related Idioms

• The apple of someone's eye: A person of whom someone is extremely fond and proud. (Similar in meaning to the figurative sense of 'fair-haired').
  • His youngest daughter was the apple of his eye.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. favorite
   • the fair-haired boy of the literary set

Từ đồng nghĩa

• blue-eyed
• fair-haired
• white-haired