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单词 fair isle
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Fair Islen.

Brit. /ˈfɛːr ʌɪl/, U.S. /ˈfɛ(ə)r ˈˌaɪl/
Forms: also with lower-case initial(s) and as one word.
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Fair Isle.
Etymology: < the name of Fair Isle, the southernmost and most isolated of the Shetland Islands, north-east of Orkney and mainland Scotland.
I. Compounds.
1. attributive. Of or relating to a traditional type of knitting characterized by the use of multicoloured geometric patterns, originating in the Shetland island of Fair Isle; designating an item of clothing made in this way, or having such patterns, as Fair Isle jumper, Fair Isle knitting, Fair Isle pattern, Fair Isle sweater, etc.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > of specific pattern
round1490
print1820
Rob Roy1837
Fair Isle1851
broad-arrowed1887
argyll1890
arrowed1895
Tattersall1951
1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 585/2 Fair Isle socks, gloves, vest piece, comforter, and cap.
1881 London Society Holiday No. 74/2 Fair Isle..retains traces of the visits of its Spanish guests, in the peculiar pattern and colour of what is known as Fair Isle hosiery.
1897 Jrnl. Manch. Geogr. Soc. 13 125 The Spanish Armada is much talked about..in Shetland, and one is frequently told that the Fair Isle knitting and dyeing was taught by the shipwrecked Spaniards.
1920 (title) Weldon's fair isle jumpers.
1981 N.Y. Mag. 7 Dec. 179 (advt.) Beautifully patterned, soft and warm angora and lambswool fair isle sweaters.
1988 C. V. Allen Dream Train x. 122 He was wearing..a sleeveless cotton V-neck pullover in a Fair Isle pattern of misty blues and greens.
2012 S. G. Joynes I can't believe I'm Fair Isle Knitting 6/1 There are several knitting methods of holding your yarn for Fair Isle stranding.
2. attributive. Designating a large form of the field (or wood) mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus, found on Fair Isle and some other islands of Shetland. Now rare.Frequently regarded as a separate subspecies, A. s. fridariensis.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Muridae > genus Apodemus (field-mouse)
mygalea1382
field mouse?1440
ranny1559
hardishrew1601
wood mouse1601
nossro1686
bean-mouse1766
St. Kilda mouse1899
Fair Isle1906
1906 N. B. Kinnear in Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist. Apr. 68 I think the Fair Isle mice are quite entitled to be ranked as a sub-species, and therefore I propose the name of Mus sylvaticus Fridariensis.
1915 G. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton Hist. Brit. Mammals xvii. 542 (heading) The Fair Isle Field Mouse. Apodemus Fridariensis... Distribution: Fair Isle and Shetland Islands, where it occurs on Yell, and possibly on Mainland.
1960 M. Burton Wild Animals Brit. Isles 78 The Fair Isle or Shetland field mouse.., like the yellow-necked but without the collar.
1988 Nat. World Winter 22/3 Fair Isle has its endemics. There is..a cinnamon-coloured Fair Isle field mouse.
II. Simple uses.
3. An item of knitwear having a Fair Isle pattern (see sense 1), esp. (in later use) a sweater or cardigan.
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1930 Scotsman 22 Nov. 1/1 (advt.) Gloves, Coats, Jerseys, Allover Fairisles, &c.
1977 N.Y. Mag. 10 Jan. 87/1 Hand-framed Fair Isles, bulkies, and waistcoats..now $15–$45.
1987 F. Urquhart in New Writing Scotl. 5 2 He put on one of the fairisles and stood for a long time admiring himself in the mirror.
2010 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 2 Dec. e13/3 The Fair Isle sweater has manned up and trimmed down... Today's Fair Isles are easier to incorporate into daily life, even in the city.
2012 J. Moss Sweet Shawlettes iii. 58 I never fail to be inspired by the ladies' intricate Fair Isles, so this design is for them.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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