单词	aloft
释义	alofta‧loft /əˈlɒft $ əˈlɒːft/ adverb formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINaloft Origin: 1200-1300 Old Norse a lopt ‘in the air’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES The national flag was flying aloft. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But the motive behind her achievement was not self-interest alone, nor the desire to carry aloft the banner of feminism. He described times when the radar crew received requests for winds aloft at eighty thousand feet, ninety thousand feet. He looked aloft at the distant ceiling, and at the expanse of sparsely-curtained window space. Kruger took up a sword-sharp scimitar and held it aloft for blessing. Sanson drew out the head, holding it aloft by the hair to show the crowd. The film was of large happy female peasants dancing, with garlands held aloft. The six-man, one-woman crew plans to spend 17 days aloft, a shuttle record. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► hold/bear something aloft  He emerged, holding a baby aloft. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► hold · Perched precariously on top of the load was the loader, holding aloft the corn-dolly for all to see.· The birth is recorded in an odd shot of the nurse gleefully holding aloft the bloody placenta.· Where was my mother in her white apron and holding aloft a wooden spoon?· The rattle of the sword he had held aloft echoed across the cobblestones.· V., a plastic bag of some clear solution held aloft by one of the paramedics.· Instead, Mr Fittipaldi held aloft a bottle of orange juice from his farm. high up in the airhold/bear something aloft He emerged, holding a baby aloft.
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