aloft

副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /əˈlɒft/    美 /əˈlɔft/

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. At, to, or in the air or sky.
    — high winds aloft
  2. Above, overhead, in a high place; up.
    — Someone's turned the chest out alow and aloft.
  3. In the top, at the masthead, or on the higher yards or rigging.
    — I think you said something concerning the manner in which yonder ship has anchored, and of the condition they keep things alow and aloft?

词形变化

more aloft comparative most aloft superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
come aloft gone aloft stitch aloft take aloft
相关词
loft lofty alow

词源

From Old Norse á lopti (“in the sky”); equivalent to a- + loft.
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