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aloft

/uh-lawft, uh-loft/US // əˈlɔft, əˈlɒft //UK // (əˈlɒft) //

在高处,在高处的,高处,在高空

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adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : high up; far above the ground.
    • : Nautical. on the masts; in the rigging; overhead. in the upper rigging, specifically, on or above the lower yards.
    • : in or into the air.
prep.介词 preposition
  1. 1
    • : on or at the top of: flags flying aloft the castle.

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Examples

  • The long nights help temperatures near the ground cool significantly, but high pressure aloft often traps a warm layer just hundreds or thousands of feet off the ground.

  • Time will tell whether Tesla’s stock price can stay aloft or whether, somehow, this time is different.

  • On the morning of October 14, 1947, the X-1 was once again carried aloft by its B-29 mother ship.

  • The researchers attribute Phaethon’s dust production to the extreme heat, which breaks rocks on the asteroid’s surface and sends particles aloft.

  • Dried tilapia, the fish of choice for East Africa, held aloft in hope of a sale.

  • Ankara sent its warplanes aloft—at last—but not to bomb ISIS.

  • Just look at the captain that holds the trophy aloft at the end of the tournament.

  • There was a sense of standing together on the precipice, but holding each other aloft by sheer will, conjoined by rage.

  • Last year Turkey unveiled its own drone, known as the ANKA surveillance craft, capable of staying aloft for 24 hours.

  • When Clay held the world title aloft, Lipsyte saw in the gleam of the belt sports and '60s social upheaval and his own careerism.

  • The color-bearer went down, but the flag was seized by Randolph Hamilton, and held aloft.

  • Holding the violin aloft, he cried exultingly: Henceforth thou art mine, though death and oblivion lurk ever near thee!

  • The child, whose eyes were open, was held aloft in triumph, and he stared at Haggard with a wondering gaze.

  • Elbowing her way in she caught sight of her gown held aloft by Mr. Bills, and heard his voluble "Going, going, at fifty cents."

  • In front of him the great locomotive snorted up the climbing track, hurling clouds of sparks aloft.