| 释义 |
cavalier /ka-və-lērˈ/ noun- A knight
- (with cap) a Royalist in the English Civil War
- A swaggering fellow
- A gallant or gentleman in attendance upon a lady, as her escort or partner in a dance or the like
- (in military fortification) a raised work so situated as to command the neighbouring country
adjective- Like a cavalier
- Warlike
- 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 - Offhand
- Haughtily, with supercilious disregard or curtness
adjective Cavalierish Cavalier King Charles spaniel see under spaniel |