aloof
英 [?'lu?f]
美[?'luf]
- adj. 冷淡的；遠離的；冷漠的
- adv. 遠離；避開地
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詞態(tài)變化
名詞:?aloofness;
中文詞源
aloof 冷漠
來自航海術(shù)語。前綴a-同ad-. loof, 風(fēng)向標。指迎船頭向風(fēng)以避開礁石，后指偏離，疏遠。
英文詞源
- aloof
- aloof: [16] Aloof was originally a nautical term, a command to steer to windward. Its second syllable is a variant of luff ‘sail closer to the wind’ [13]. This was borrowed from Old French lof, ‘windward side of a ship’, which may itself have been, like so many maritime expressions, of Dutch origin. The modern figurative meaning ‘reserved, uninvolved’ developed via an intermediate physical sense ‘a(chǎn)way, at a distance’.
=> luff - aloof (adj.)
- 1530s, from a- (1) + Middle English loof "weather gage," also "windward direction," probably from Dutch loef (Middle Dutch lof) "the weather side of a ship." Originally a nautical order to keep the ship's head to the wind, thus to stay clear of a lee-shore or some other quarter; hence the figurative sense of "at a distance, apart" (1580s). Related: Aloofly; aloofness.
雙語例句
- 1. Barry had his nose put out of joint by Lucy's aloof sophistication.
- 露西的冷淡與世故使得巴里十分不快。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. I will hold myself aloof from wrong and corruption.
- 我會讓自己遠離錯誤和腐敗。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He seemed aloof and detached.
- 他顯得冷漠離群。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. She stood tall and aloof.
- 她人很高，很冷漠。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. He has remained largely aloof from the hurly - burly of parliamentary politics.
- 他基本上一直對喧囂的議會政治漠不關(guān)心.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
