| 单词 | loft |
| 释义 | loft —loftless, adj. /lawft, loft/, n. 1. a room, storage area, or the like within a sloping roof; attic; garret. 2. a gallery or upper level in a church, hall, etc., designed for a special purpose: a choir loft. 3. a hayloft. 4. an upper story of a business building, warehouse, or factory, typically consisting of open, unpartitioned floor area. 5. such an upper story converted or adapted to any of various uses, as quarters for living, studios for artists or dancers, exhibition galleries, or theater space. 6. Also called loft bed. a balcony or platform built over a living area and used esp. for sleeping. 7. Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. an attic. 8. Golf. a. the slope of the face of the head of a club backward from the vertical, tending to drive the ball upward. b. the act of lofting. c. a lofting stroke. 9. the resiliency of fabric or yarn, esp. wool. 10. the thickness of a fabric or of insulation used in a garment, as a down-filled jacket. v.t. 11. to hit or throw aloft: He lofted a fly ball into center field. 12. Golf. a. to slant the face of (a club). b. to hit (a golf ball) into the air or over an obstacle. c. to clear (an obstacle) in this manner. 13. to store in a loft. 14. Shipbuilding. to form or describe (the lines of a hull) at full size, as in a mold loft; lay off. 15. Archaic. to provide (a house, barn, etc.) with a loft. v.i. 16. to hit or throw something aloft, esp. a ball. 17. to go high into the air when hit, as a ball. [bef. 1000; ME lofte (n.), late OE loft < ON lopt upper chamber or region, the air, sky. See LIFT] |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含168451条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。