loft

• n. 阁楼；顶楼；鸽房
• vt. 把…储放在阁楼内
• vi. 将球高击
• n. (Loft)人名；(丹)洛夫特

词源同lift,举起。引申词义高空，阁楼。

1. floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space

2. floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage

3. a raised shelter in which pigeons are kept

loft

loft: [OE] The notion underlying loft is of being ‘high up in the air’ – and indeed originally loft, like its close German relative luft, meant ‘air’. Not until the 13th century do we find it being used in English for ‘upper room’ (although in fact its source, Old Norse lopt, had both meanings). All these words go back to a common ancestor, prehistoric Germanic *luftuz ‘air, sky’. From this was derived a verb *luftjan, which, again via Old Norse, has given English lift [13] (the use of the derived noun for an ‘elevator’, incidentally, dates from the mid 19th century).
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loft (v.)

"to hit a ball high in the air," 1856, originally in golf, from loft (n.). Related: Lofted; lofting. An earlier sense was "to put a loft on" (a building), 1560s; also "to store (goods) in a loft" (1510s).

loft (n.)

"an upper chamber," c. 1300, from late Old English loft "the sky; the sphere of the air," from Old Norse lopt "air, sky," originally "upper story, loft, attic" (Scandinavian -pt- pronounced like -ft-), from Proto-Germanic *luftuz "air, sky" (cognates: Old English lyft, Dutch lucht, Old High German luft, German Luft, Gothic luftus "air").

Sense development is from "loft, ceiling" to "sky, air." Buck suggests ultimate connection with Old High German louft "bark," louba "roof, attic," etc., with development from "bark" to "roof made of bark" to "ceiling," though this did not directly inform the meaning "air, sky." But Watkins says this is "probably a separate Germanic root." Meaning "gallery in a church" first attested c. 1500.

a loft conversion (= one that has been made into a room or rooms for living in)

用阁楼改装的居室

牛津词典

the organ loft

教堂内的管风琴台

牛津词典

They lived in a SoHo loft.

他们居住在索霍区改建的公寓里。

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The children slept in a loft in the upstairs bedroom.

孩子们睡在楼上卧室里的跃层上。

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We would like to convert the loft into another bedroom...

我们想把阁楼改造成又一间卧室。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

A loft conversion can add considerably to the value of a house.

改装阁楼可使房子的价值大增。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

From the kick-off he lofted the ball 60 yards into the top corner of the net.

他在中线一记大脚将球从60码外送进球网的顶角。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Gayle: Marvin, get that blue and pink china vase down from the loft.

盖尔: 马文, 去阁楼把那蓝和粉红两色的瓷花瓶拿下来.

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The loft maximizes natural light provided by an exterior light court.

阁楼最大化的自然光由一个外部光线法院提供的.

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He conducted the two animals to a long room that seemed half bedchamber and half loft.

他领着两只动物来到一间长长的房间,一半像卧室,一半像贮藏室.

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Loft was rigid and cold and military.

洛夫特是刚强冷酷而又遵守军纪的.

辞典例句

He's living in a converted loft in lower Manhattan.

他住在下曼哈顿的一间改建的阁楼里.

《简明英汉词典》

There is a lot of storage space in the loft.

在阁楼里还有很多存储空间.

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Loft: create complex solids from arbitrary cross sections.

阁楼: 创建复杂的固体从任意截面.

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The loft is used for storing things.

这间阁楼是用来存放东西的.

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Loft drew himself up and said formally, " I have just relieved Captain Bentick, as the colonel ordered. "

洛夫特振作了一下, 很有礼貌地说: “ 我按着上校的命令,刚刚接了本蒂克上尉的班. ”

辞典例句

Police found Christine's body crammed into a suitcase in the loft.

警察发现克莉丝汀的尸体被塞在阁楼的一个手提箱里.

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These data are for 470 sails produced in North Sails Japan Loft.

这些数据是专为日本北部帆公司制造的470帆.

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We need the steps to get into the loft.

我们上阁楼要用摺梯.

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Captain Loft was as much a captain as one can imagine.

我们理想中的上尉所应有的一切,洛夫特上尉都有了.

辞典例句

To put, store, or keep in a loft.

储藏于放 、 ''.'贮藏'. ''或保管在阁楼.

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We could see up into the loft from bottom of the stairs.

我们能从楼梯脚边望到阁楼的内部.

辞典例句

The baptismal pool was just above the choir loft.

洗礼池就在唱诗班楼座上方.

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Our greatest glory consists not in never falling but in rising every time loft we fall.

最值得自豪,不在于我们从不跌倒,而在于每次跌倒之后都能爬起来.

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The hotel has a strong LOFT style, showing perfect feeling such as sport, fashion and efficiency.

是以运动 、 时尚、快捷为要素的,具有强烈LOFT风格的主题酒店.

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He slept in a loft as a boy.

他小时候睡在阁楼上.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

The farmer piled straw in the loft.

农民把稻草堆在阁楼上.

辞典例句

A loft conversion can add considerably to the value of a house.

将阁楼改造一下就可以使房子的价值大增。

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