| 单词 | loft |
| 释义 | loft (once / 1511 pages) 1nv 2nv 3v When you loft something, you throw it high into the air, the way a baseball player might loft a ball from the outfield all the way to first base. Any way you propel an object — whether you throw, kick, or slingshot it — if it launches up and across a distance, you loft it. Another kind of loft is the large, open space above a warehouse or shop in which people live or work. Artists are particularly well known for having apartments or studios in lofts. This is closest to the word's original meaning, "an upper chamber," from the Old English loft, which means "the sky." WORD FAMILYloft: lofted, lofting, lofts USAGE EXAMPLESThe choir in the 300 level loft is robed in matching apparel. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) A ribbon-cutting was held for the new Lodge & Loft on Friday, Dec. 30. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Market-rate lofts on the southern edge of the precinct presage a wave of gentrification. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1 1n floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space Hypo|Hyper artist's loft a factory loft that has been converted into an artist's workroom and living area floor, level, storey, story a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale 2n floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage Syn|Hypo|Hyper attic, garret cockloft a small loft or garret hayloft, haymow, mowa loft in a barn where hay is stored floor, level, storey, story a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale 3n a raised shelter in which pigeons are kept Syn|Hyper pigeon loft shelter a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger 4v store in a loft 2Hyper store find a place for and put away for storage 1n (golf) the backward slant on the head of some golf clubs that is designed to drive the ball high in the air Hyper pitch, rake, slant degree of deviation from a horizontal plane 2v kick or strike high in the air loft a ball Hyper hit cause to move by striking 3v propel through the air 3The rocket lofted the space shuttle into the air Hyper impel, propel cause to move forward with force v lay out a full-scale working drawing of the lines of a vessel's hull Hyper lay out provide a detailed plan or design |
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