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单词 cavalierisms
释义

cavalier /ka-və-lērˈ/

noun
  1. A knight
  2. (with cap) a Royalist in the English Civil War
  3. A swaggering fellow
  4. A gallant or gentleman in attendance upon a lady, as her escort or partner in a dance or the like
  5. (in military fortification) a raised work so situated as to command the neighbouring country
adjective
  1. Like a cavalier
  2. Warlike
  3. Haughty, supercilious, devil-may-care, incautious
intransitive verb

To act as cavalier to a lady

ORIGIN: Fr, from Ital cavallo; see cavalcade

cavalierˈish adjective

Like, or characteristic of, a cavalier

cavalierˈism noun

cavalierˈly adverb

  1. Offhand
  2. Haughtily, with supercilious disregard or curtness
adjective

Cavalierish

Cavalier King Charles spaniel see under spaniel

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