aloft
英 [?'l?ft]
美[?'l?ft]
- adv. 在空中；在高處；在上面
- prep. 在…之上；在…頂上
- adj. 在空中的；在高處的；在上面的
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中文詞源
aloft 高空的
來自短語on loft. 單詞loft, 閣樓，高空，lift的名詞。
英文詞源
- aloft (adv.)
- c. 1200, from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse a lopti "up above," literally "up in the air," from a "in, on" + lopt "sky, air, atmosphere; loft, upper room" (cognates: Gothic luftus, Old High German luft, Old English lyft "air;" see loft).
雙語例句
- 1. Four of the nine starting balloons were still aloft the next day.
- 9個開幕氣球第二天還有4個飄在空中。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He was suddenly jerked off his feet and borne aloft.
- 他突然被彈了起來,拋在空中.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. The sailor climbed aloft to look for land.
- 那個水手爬上桅頂尋找陸地.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. The monument towers aloft on the square.
- 紀念碑聳立在廣場上.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. The golfer is pictured on many of the front pages, kissing his trophy as he holds it aloft.
- 許多報紙的頭版上都刊登了那個高爾夫球手高高舉起獎杯親吻的照片。
來自柯林斯例句