in the place where you
work or in a house that you
ownX£ ( Xfem&m
) 3g&65; X^?g65;
3 not staying at a particular hotel Aft (.
61) : Non-resident guests are welcome to use the hotel
swimming pool
unoun 1 a person who does
not live permanently in a particular country 2
a person not staying at
a particular hotel
Xft£M£ft65A;
non-resi dent iaS adj. 1 that is not used for people to live in
Affix® ft 65; # ft 4! 65 2 that does not require you to live in the place where
you work or study 11 iJj ; j£il|65: a
non-residential course feW;
, non-re' stric-tive adj. (grammar &) (of relative clauses % %. \k 'fcj) giving extra
information about a noun phrase, inside commas in writing or in a particular intonation in speech. In ‘My brother, who lives in
non-re turn able adj. 1 = non-refundable
2 that you cannot give
back, for example to a shop/store, to be used again; that will not be given
back to you A bJ
j&®65;/A01&65: non-returnable
bottles A0i&65ilX
0
a non-returnable deposit A f II iS 0 65 iT in PTJ3 returnable
, non-scientific adj. not involving or
connected with science or scientific methods A#A#X65;
65
— compare scientific, unscientific
non-sense 0"w /'mrnsns; NAmE 'nainsens; -sns/ noun
1
[U, C] ideas, statements or beliefs that
you think are
ridiculous or not true iff ; #]
ft ; FOOT
rubbish : Reports that he
has resigned are nonsense. ft 0K fib S £
5¥ 3R-65 ft IIM ft it Hfe» o You’re talking nonsense! ftft#Jij£AiI! o ‘I won’t go.’ ‘Nonsense! You
must go!’ “DcAilAo ” “$ft! ft—S#*!
” 0 It’s nonsense to say they don’t care. i&flilCIAft
o The idea is an
economic nonsense.
65iiifeo
2 [U] silly or unacceptable behaviour M&654r 23; l A; A ffi ft 65 ft
23 : The new teacher won’t stand for any nonsense. Ai*WSft'®^ftft
23
o — see also no-nonsense 3 [U]
spoken or written words that have no meaning or make no sense % ftM X
65 ; ft AMX 65 A#: a book of children’s
nonsense poems 0 Most of the
translation he did
for me was complete nonsense, ft tp .ft jift
65 X £ i# X HTO1 make (a) ‘nonsense
of sth to
reduce the value of sth by a lot; to make sth seem ridiculous ft--- 65 iff
ft X ft iff Jn; ft iM# ItM: If people can bribe police officers, it
makes a complete nonsense of the legal system. #6 All'l ftIZX, A 2tAft0 — more at stuff n.
'nonsense
word noun a word with no meaning
ftM
X65®
non-sens-ical /nnn'sensikl; NAmE na:n-/ adj. ridiculous; with no
meaning jJti§65; A.HX65 H7T1 absurd
non sequi-tur /,mm 'sekwit0(r); NAmE ,na:n/ noun (from Latin, formal) a statement that does
not seem to follow what has just been said in any natural or logical
wayT'fmmmK-,
,non-'slip adj. that helps to prevent
sb/sth from slipping; that does not slip pfr 65 ; A ?t 65 : a non-slip bath
mat JSSPfrjfS
non- smoker noun a person who does not
smoke A1® 30 65 A 023 smoker
non- smoking (also no-'smoking) adj. [usually before noun] 1
(of a place ft A) where people are not allowed to smoke ^ 30 65;
A ft aR 30 65: a non-smoking area in a restaurant ^)tM65^30IX 2 (of a person A) who does
not smoke A 30 65 : She’s a non-smoking, non-drinking fitness fanatic. , A “i M,
0 ► .non-'smoking (also .no- smoking) noun [U]:
Non-smoking is now the norm in most workplaces. As£
non-spe cific adj. [usually before noun] 1 not definite or clearly defined; general A
$ 65; # 65;
W£L 65:
The candidate’s speech was non-specific. &&&IS A
65 i# 2 (medical g[) (of pain, a disease,
etc.
^-3i,
3£®^f) with more than one
possible cause A it
-wmm65; wgwmmm65
non-specific urethritis noun [u] (abbr. NSU) (medical IS) a condition in which the
urethra becomes sore and swollen. It is often
caused by an infection caught by having sex. )
.non-'standard
adj. 1 (of language i|f
g") not considered correct by most educated people 3£ft#i65; A M 65 : non-standard dialects A 3$ IS 65 A W 0 nonstandard
English —compare standard adj.
(4) 2
not
the usual size, type, etc. ( ft ft, ) A
ft?f£65, ##ffi 65: The
paper was of non-standard size.
.non-'starter
noun (informal) a thing or a person
that has no chance of success 2c§!ftt#J$;?565 A ( ) :
As
a business proposition, it’s a non-starter. ft
23 — fft ff§
.non-'stick
adj. [usually before noun] (of
a pan or a surface covered with a substance that prevents food from sticking to
it A$ilt#j65; A3ft 65 ,non-'stop adj. 1 (of a train, a
journey, etc. 20 X,
#) without any stops l;ji65;
A£^'t,£f;fi65 BQCI direct: a non-stop flight to
a non-stop train/service M M $ / IH# 2 without
any pauses or stops Al's]®r65; A ^ 65 H771 continuous : non-stop entertainment/work 3^^AH])r65^3s/X# ► .non-'stop adv. : We flew non-stop
from
,non-'U
adj. (old-fashioned, informal) (of language or
social behaviour iff W M X ff ^3) not considered socially acceptable among the
upper classes A^3±MP6 ^Hfr®^:65 frhhtMi From the abbreviation U for ‘upper class’, ffl
i upper class 65U0 non- union (also less frequent .non- unionized,
-ised) adj. [usually before noun] 1
not belonging to a trade/ labor union A
J§ ^ X # 65 : non-union labour/ workers A3JPAX^65^X/XA 2 (of a business,
company, etc. dk 4k , A ^1) not accepting trade/
labor unions or employing trade/labor
unions members X*£^X£65; X0MX^M65 , non-vege tar ian (also informal ,non-'veg) noun (IndE) a person who eats
meat, fish, eggs, etc.
#: They ordered a non-veg meal. 3M1W»
.non-'verbal
adj.
[usually
before noun] not involving words or speech ;
#Wi«65: non-verbal
communication
,
non-'vintage adj. (of wine fj^M) not
made only from grapes grown in a
particular place in a particular year EQ3 vintage
,
non-'violence noun [U] the policy of using peaceful methods,
not force, to bring about political or social change
.non-'violent
adj. 1 using peaceful
methods, not force, to bring about political or social change ( ) # If
il65, XiftifStA65: non-violent resistance C
0 a non-violent protest # A irt iS(. 2 not involving
force, or injury to sb { ) 4- # /j 65 : non-violent
crimes
.non-'white
noun a person who is not a
member of a race of people who have white skin # £ # A ► , non- ' white adj.
noo-dle /'nuidl/
noun 1 [usually pi.] a long thin strip of pasta, used especially in Chinese and Italian cooking ®
^: chicken
noodle soup ^ if M o Would you prefer rice or noodles?
4$ #;Xfc (it i
ffi ^ ? 2
[C] (old-
fashioned, NAmE, slang) =, noddle nook
/nuk/
noun a small quiet place or
corner that is sheltered or hidden from other people ^#65
a shady nook in the
garden & ® M 65 — M 0 dark woods full of
secret nooks
and crannies X $t T 3# 3$/fe^65^B#65#f#
CT»rai every .nook and
‘cranny (informal) every part of a place;
every aspect of a situation fiJ&L; &XA®
nooky (also
nookie)
/'nuki/
noun [U] (slang) sexual activity ; &X