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单词 casual
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casual

adjective
 
/ˈkæʒuəl/
/ˈkæʒuəl/
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    not formal

  1.  
    not formal
    • casual clothes (= comfortable clothes that you choose to wear in your free time)
    • family parties and other casual occasions
    Extra Examples
    • She felt comfortable in casual clothes and wore them most of the time.
    • a casual shirt/​jacket
    • casual pants/​trousers
    • casual shoes
    • Despite his casual dress of jeans and shirt, there was still an air of sophistication about him.
    Topics Clothes and Fashionb2
  2. without care/attention

  3.  
    [usually before noun] not showing much care or thought; seeming not to be worried; not wanting to show that something is important to you
    • a casual manner
    • It was just a casual remark—I wasn't really serious.
    • He tried to sound casual, but I knew he was worried.
    • They have a casual attitude towards safety (= they don't care enough).
    Extra Examples
    • She sounded almost casual.
    • There was something a little too carefully casual in his tone.
    • She seemed just too casual about the whole thing.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • appear
    • be
    • sound
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    preposition
    • about
    See full entry
  4.  
    [usually before noun] without paying attention to detail
    • At a casual glance, everything seemed normal.
    • It's obvious even to the casual observer.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • appear
    • be
    • sound
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    preposition
    • about
    See full entry
  5. work

  6.  
    [usually before noun] not permanent; not done, or doing something regularly
    • casual workers/labour
    • Students sometimes do casual work in the tourist trade.
    • They are employed on a casual basis (= they do not have a permanent job with the company).
    Topics Jobsc1
  7. relationship

  8.  
    [usually before noun] without deep feelings
    • a casual acquaintance
    • a casual friendship
    • to have casual sex (= to have sex without having a steady relationship with that partner)
  9. by chance

  10.  
    [only before noun] happening by chance; doing something by chance
    • a casual encounter/meeting
    • a casual passer-by
    • The exhibition is interesting to both the enthusiast and the casual visitor.
    • The disease is not spread by casual contact.
  11. Word Originlate Middle English (in senses 4 to 6 of the adjective): from Old French casuel and Latin casualis, from casus ‘fall’.

casual

noun
/ˈkæʒuəl/
/ˈkæʒuəl/
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    clothes

  1. casuals British English
    [plural] informal clothes or shoes
    • dressed in casuals
    • She changed into flat casuals before walking round the town.
    see also business casual, smart casual
  2. worker

  3. [countable] a casual worker (= one who does not work permanently for a company)
  4. Word Originlate Middle English (in senses 4 to 6 of the adjective): from Old French casuel and Latin casualis, from casus ‘fall’.
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