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cavalier

/kav-uh-leer, kav-uh-leer/US // ˌkæv əˈlɪər, ˈkæv əˌlɪər //UK // (ˌkævəˈlɪə) //

骑士,骑兵,骑士队,骑马者

Related Words

curt咖特,遏制,遏止,凝视offhand大手大脚,大大咧咧,大大咧咧的,大手大脚的haughty傲慢的,高傲的,傲慢,傲慢无礼condescending居高临下,居高临下的,目空一切,屈尊俯就superior优异的,优异,优等生,优越的disdainful不屑一顾,轻蔑的,不屑一顾的,轻视insolent无礼,无礼的人,无礼的,无理取闹lofty崇高的,崇高,巍峨的,耸人听闻lordly贵族式的,贵族式,贵族,贵族化overbearing霸道的,霸道,盛气凌人,霸气proud骄傲,骄傲的,自豪,骄傲地说scornful轻视,轻蔑的,轻蔑,轻蔑的态度snooty傲慢无礼,傲慢的人,傲慢的,傲慢snotty鼻涕虫,鼻涕多,鼻涕,鼻涕的人supercilious傲慢无礼,傲慢无礼的,傲慢的,目空一切high-and-mighty高大上,高大上的,高高在上,高大威猛

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a horseman, especially a mounted soldier; knight.
    • : one having the spirit or bearing of a knight; a courtly gentleman; gallant.
    • : a man escorting a woman or acting as her partner in dancing.
    • : an adherent of Charles I of England in his contest with Parliament.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : haughty, disdainful, or supercilious: an arrogant and cavalier attitude toward others.
    • : offhand or unceremonious: The very dignified officials were confused by his cavalier manner.
    • : of or relating to the Cavaliers.
    • : of, relating to, or characteristic of the Cavalier poets or their work.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to play the cavalier.
    • : to be haughty or domineering.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.arrogant
Synonyms
condescending居高临下,居高临下的,目空一切,屈尊俯就curt咖特,遏制,遏止,凝视haughty傲慢的,高傲的,傲慢,傲慢无礼offhand大手大脚,大大咧咧,大大咧咧的,大手大脚的superior优异的,优异,优等生,优越的disdainful不屑一顾,轻蔑的,不屑一顾的,轻视high-and-mighty高大上,高大上的,高高在上,高大威猛insolent无礼,无礼的人,无礼的,无理取闹lofty崇高的,崇高,巍峨的,耸人听闻lordly贵族式的,贵族式,贵族,贵族化overbearing霸道的,霸道,盛气凌人,霸气proud骄傲,骄傲的,自豪,骄傲地说scornful轻视,轻蔑的,轻蔑,轻蔑的态度snooty傲慢无礼,傲慢的人,傲慢的,傲慢snotty鼻涕虫,鼻涕多,鼻涕,鼻涕的人supercilious傲慢无礼,傲慢无礼的,傲慢的,目空一切

Examples

  • The metrics are good, and I don’t say that with a cavalier attitude.

  • “That’s pretty startling stuff in there in terms of the laxity or almost cavalier attitude about” attorney conduct, Carpenter said.

  • They aren’t cavalier about the health risks but say something critical is at stake.

  • In an interview with Sports Illustrated years earlier, Salazar appeared cavalier about his own drug use.

  • Take into account fuel economy, parking, and the fact that you’ll probably still need a commuter car if you’re based in a big city, and that cavalier road-trip machine might start to feel like a logistics nightmare.

  • The mindsets of both Cavalier and Puritan took root in the New World, and the experiment launched in 1776 continues.

  • "There is a cost to such a cavalier attitude," said Aparício, the former Bolivian ambassador to Washington.

  • “Wrong station, mate, you want the next,” you tell a strapping boy in a cavalier cloak.

  • “Some reporters may take a cavalier attitude about being a martyr for a cause,” the friend added.

  • I'm afraid those who have been to war and daily diced with death are rather cavalier with their health.

  • The other was the spirited portrait of Baron von Friedericks, a happy combination of cavalier and soldier in its manly strength.

  • Like many another cavalier, he had a flame in every country, or rather, in every town which he visited.

  • She gave him a cavalier little nod, touched her horse with the whip, and a moment later was lost in a cloud of dust.

  • The old landed interest, the old Cavalier interest, had now no share in the favours of the Crown.

  • Cavalier traveled for the house, whose firm name appeared as "Fendant and Cavalier."

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