lofty
英 ['lɒftɪ]
美 ['lɔfti]
- adj. 高的；崇高的；高級的；高傲的
- n. (Lofty)人名；(英)洛夫蒂
助記提示
1. lift => loft => lofty.
中文詞源
lofty 高聳的，崇高的來自loft,高空，閣樓，引申詞義高聳的，崇高的。
英文詞源
- lofty (adj.)
- "exalted, of high rank," early 15c.; also "with a high purpose," from loft + -y (2). From early 14c. as a surname. Literal sense of "high" is attested from 1580s. Related: Loftily; loftiness.
雙語例句
- 1. Victorian houses can seem cold with their lofty ceilings and rambling rooms.
- 維多利亞式房屋屋頂高聳，房間布局淩亂，因此可能會顯得較為陰冷。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The room was light and lofty compared with our Tudor ones.
- 跟我們都鐸風格的房間比起來，這個房間顯得素雅而大氣。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. A mackerel sky and mares'tails make lofty ships carry low sails.
- 魚鱗天,馬尾雲,大船降帆莫航行.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. I didn't like her lofty treatment of her visitors.
- 我不喜歡她那樣傲慢地對待來訪者.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. Lofty derricks dot the landscape in an oil field.
- 高聳的井架點綴著油田的景色.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》