aloof
英 [əˈluːf]
美 [əˈluːf]
- adj. 冷淡的;远离的;冷漠的
- adv. 远离;避开地
将“aloof”联想为一个人(如一个演员)在舞台上保持一种“aloof”的态度,即远离观众,显得高冷和疏离。通过这种场景,记住“aloof”表示冷漠、疏远或超然的意思。
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aloof 冷漠来自航海术语。前缀a-同ad-. loof, 风向标。指迎船头向风以避开礁石,后指偏离,疏远。
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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 ‘away, at a distance’.
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- 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.
- 1. Barry had his nose put out of joint by Lucy's aloof sophistication.
- 露西的冷淡与世故使得巴里十分不快。
- 2. I will hold myself aloof from wrong and corruption.
- 我会让自己远离错误和腐败。
- 3. He seemed aloof and detached.
- 他显得冷漠离群。
- 4. She stood tall and aloof.
- 她人很高,很冷漠。
- 5. He has remained largely aloof from the hurly - burly of parliamentary politics.
- 他基本上一直对喧嚣的议会政治漠不关心.