英语词汇“lofty”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	lofty
释义	lofty \-tē, -ti\ adjective (-er/-est) Etymology: Middle English, from loft (I) + -y 1. : having a haughty overbearing manner : characterized by arrogance and pride : supercilious < looked down upon him with the loftiest contempt — Charles Dickens > < expected to treat this exhibition with an attitude of lofty scorn — Ralph Linton > 2. a. : elevated in character and spirit : dignified of mien and bearing : elegant of speech : noble, stately < of unquestionable integrity and lofty standards of judgment — Paul Moor > < he was handsome, with fine, even features, a lofty brow — Aline B. Saarinen > < trees, or the sight of them, excites their minds to lofty thinking — W.F.Hambly > b. : elevated in station or position : superior < the bright bar or kitchen … where the less lofty customers of the house were in the habit of assembling — George Eliot > < the insignia of a particularly lofty secret society — Jean Stafford > 3. : extending or rising high in the air : having great or imposing height : towering < a lofty perpendicular cliff — E.V.Lucas > < a lofty and magnificent spire — Edwin Benson > 4. : having full-bodied, firm, and resilient textile fibers 5. : having little practical application or value : esoteric < basic precepts are not lofty abstractions far removed from matters of daily living — D.D.Eisenhower > Synonyms: see high
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