English Dictionary

fair sex

noun

(idiomatic, dated, now sometimes offensive) Women collectively.

The fair sex is often portrayed as delicate and fragile.

意味（1）

(idiomatic, dated, now sometimes offensive) Women collectively.

The younger Gentry, or Dons, to express their Gallantry, carry about them Egg-shells, fill'd with Orange or other sweet Water, which they cast at Ladies in their Coaches, or such other of the fair Sex as they happen to meet in the Streets.