aloft
aloft 英 [əˈlɒft] 美 [əˈlɔft]
adv. 在空中；在高处
The sailor climbed aloft to look for land. 那个水手爬上桅顶寻找陆地.
The monument towers aloft on the square. 纪念碑耸立在广场上.
- Something up in the air or really high is aloft. Aloft has a soft, floaty sound to it, and it's a great word for talking about flying birds, airborne ballet dancers, and soaring spitballs.
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- adv. 在空中；在高处
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1. The sailor climbed aloft to look for land.
那个水手爬上桅顶寻找陆地.
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2. The monument towers aloft on the square.
纪念碑耸立在广场上.
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3. He held the trophy proudly aloft.
他自豪地高举起奖杯。
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4. The balloons were already aloft.
气球已经升空了.
- aloft (adv.) "on high, in the air," c. 1200, from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse a lopt "up above," literally "up in the air," from a "in, on" (see on) + lopt "sky, air, atmosphere; loft, upper room," from the general Germanic word for "air" (cognate with Gothic luftus, Old High German luft, Old English lyft "air;" see loft (n.)). Scandinavian -pt- pronounced like -ft-. The Old English equivalent was on þa lyft.
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