—nonchalancenoun[uncountableU] —nonchalantlyadverbadv He smiled nonchalantly. 他毫不在乎地微微一笑。 Examples from the Corpus nonchalant•When Peter came in, she glanced up, trying to appearnonchalant.•All her energies were devoted to appearing in the eyes of others asnonchalant.•Hoomey stoo...
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English non‧cha‧lant/ˈnɒnʃələnt$ˌnɑːnʃəˈlɑːnt/adjectivebehavingcalmly and notseeminginterested in anything orworriedabout anything‘Has he got a girlfriend?’ Jill asked, trying to sound nonchalant.—nonchalancenoun[uncount...
non- a prefix used freely in English and meaning "not, lack of," or "sham," giving a negative sense to any word, 14c., from Anglo-Frenchnoun-, from Old Frenchnon-, from Latinnon"not, by no means, not at all, not a," from Old Latinnoenum"not one" (*ne oinom, from PIE roo...
An example of nonchalant isthe response "whatever." Indifferent; unconcerned; behaving as if detached. He is far too nonchalant about such a serious matter. What does Swizzler mean? (ˈswɪzlə) noun.slang.a drunkard; a cheat.