释义 |
loft /loft/ noun- A room or space immediately under a roof
- A gallery in a hall or church
- An upper room
- An attic or upper floor, usu unfurnished, for storage, etc, eg in a warehouse (US)
- A room or shed for pigeons
- A stroke that causes a golf ball to rise
- The degree of angle at which a clubhead is set (golf)
- The amount of height that a player gives a ball (golf)
- A lifting action
- Upper region, sky or height (Spenser)
- A floor or ceiling (Spenser)
- A layer (Milton)
- A fabric's thickness, esp when indicating its insulating properties
transitive verb- To strike (the ball) so that it rises (golf)
- To toss
- To propel high into the air or into space
- To provide with a loft (obsolete)
- To put or keep in a loft (obsolete)
ORIGIN: Late OE loft, from ON lopt sky, an upper room; OE lyft, Ger Luft the air loftˈed adjective - Sent high into the air
- (of a golf club) designed to send the ball on a high trajectory
loftˈer noun A golf iron for lofting loftˈily adverb loftˈiness noun loftˈy adjective - Very high in position, character, sentiment, manner or diction
- Very tall
- Stately
- Haughty
- (of wool) bulky, springy, supple and soft
lofted house noun (Scot) A house of more than one storey cock of the loft The head or chief of a set |