lofty 的定义
loft·i·er, loft·i·est.
- extending high in the air; of imposing height; towering: lofty mountains.
- exalted in rank, dignity, or character; eminent.
- elevated in style, tone, or sentiment, as writings or speech.
- arrogantly or condescendingly superior in manner; haughty: to treat someone in a lofty manner.
- Nautical. noting a rig of a sailing ship having extraordinarily high masts.
- thick and resilient.
lofty 近义词
high, elevated
grand, stately
arrogant, high and mighty
更多lofty例句
- Uber’s commitment to go all-electric by 2030 is a lofty goal.
- The outlook for the electric-vehicle maker has always been contentious, and bears have long argued that Tesla has a business model problem—namely that its main business will never make enough money to justify the lofty stock price.
- It went public at lofty valuations only to see its shares tank.
- Given this backdrop, perhaps the most impressive part of the demonstration isn’t lofty predictions of what brain-machine interfaces could potentially do one day.
- Stocks may keep trekking ever-higher at even loftier price tags.
- Be reliable supports of the Songun revolution possessed of a lofty spirit and rich knowledge!
- Powell ranks with Patrick Smith in the hierarchy of Florida historical novelists and that is lofty territory, indeed.
- There is a tradition in this country stretching back to Thomas Jefferson of lofty ideals for our colleges and universities.
- As always, its leaders paid lip service to lofty ideals to obscure the ugly base alloys.
- Travel with lofty purpose really began when it was accessible only to a small and privileged class with unlimited time to travel.
- We had now approached closely to the foot of the mountain-ranges, and their lofty summits were high above us in mid-air.
- It is a lofty and richly-decorated pile of the fourteenth century; and tells of the labours and the wealth of a foreign land.
- Sir Cadge was about the same age as the famous beauty, and rose quite two inches above her lofty head.
- And man shall be brought down, and man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be brought low.
- It was a large square apartment, very lofty and very naked-looking.