mid 16th cent.: from a-(expressing direction) + luffThe term was originally an adverb in nautical use, meaning away and to windward!, i.e. with the ships head kept close to the wind away from a lee shore etc. towards which it might drift. From this arose the sense at a distance
英英釋義網絡釋義
noun
1.remote in manner;
stood apart with aloof dignity
2.in an aloof manner;
the local gentry and professional classes had held aloof for the school had accepted their sons readily enough
-aloof
1 . 避開
alongside 在旁aloof避開alopecia 禿頭癥
2 . 冷淡的
dazzling漂亮迷人的,令人眩惑的aloof冷淡的,清高的absolutely絕對地
3 . 疏遠的
grounded←→aloftaloofa. 疏遠的,冷淡的removed or distant either physically or emotionall.
4 . 遠離的
allusive a. 含暗示的;含典故的aloofa. 遠離的;孤零的alter vt. 改變
相關詞條
+aloof character
1 . 孤高的人
孤獨的人/lone wolf孤高的人/aloof character孤軍作戰/lone hand
+me aloof
1 . 我態度
She kept me aloof by reserved gesture ., 她對我態度矜持 , 敬而遠之.
+hold aloof
1 . 置身局外
and yet , in spite of the killing pace and the stony track , who , but the sluggard or the dolt , can hold aloof from the course然而,盡管人群前進的速度使人疲于奔命,道路坎坷頗費腳力,除了懶漢、傻瓜,誰能避免這艱難的人行程呢?誰能置身局外旁觀這喧囂嘈雜呢