nondrinkerとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

nondrinker (複数形 nondrinkers)

1. One who does not drink alcohol; a teetotaler.
   • 1985, The Journal of Applied Social Sciences, Volumes 10-11‎^[1], Digitized edition, Case Western Reserve University, published 2006, page 17:

     A majority of adolescents (66%) believe that an adolescent who changed from heavy drinker to nondrinker will be accepted by nondrinkers/moderate drinkers.

2. Someone who does not drink a specified beverage (milk, wine, coffee, etc).
   • 1959, Daniel A. Swope, Francena Lounsbery Nolan, Basic Appeals in Consumer Acceptance of Milk

     Data were analyzed to test differences between: (1) drinkers and nondrinkers of milk, and (2) [...]

同意語

• (one who does not drink alcohol): teetotaler, abstainer

名詞

non-drinker (複数形 non-drinkers)

1. Alternative form of nondrinker (“one who does not drink any specified beverage, especially alcohol”)
   • 1907, Boston (Massachusetts) Health Dept Annual Report, page 136:

     Many of the persons listed as non-drinkers of milk actually consumed some of the raw article on cereals, puddings, etc. Many took it only in coffee, but in that case the heat of the coffee would be sufficient to destroy the organism.

   • 1987, Carlton Fredericks, Low blood sugar and you, →ISBN:

     […] A non-drinker of milk, she must […]