| 词汇 | aloft |
| 释义 | aloft adverb formaluk /əˈlɒft/ us /əˈlɑːft/ in the air or in a higher position: 在高处；在上面；在空中 hold sth aloftWe held our glasses aloft.我们高举酒杯。 The champions hoisted the trophy aloft and carried it through the streets. Above & over above o'er over overhead overlie super supra sur- topper upmost aloft | American Dictionaryaloft adverb[ not gradable ] us/əˈlɔft/ in the air or in a higher position: Her kite remained aloft for hours. Examples of aloftaloft It was the model held aloft, time and again, by the advocates of health care reform. As observed, winds closer to the ground are much weaker than those aloft. At other times, they are borne aloft on the tide of their own shrill rhetoric to transparently fallacious conclusions. With the bird-pitched opening line of the lead singer, flags appear on the edge of the circle, held aloft by a uniformed honor guard. Among these four kinds of communities, the first is demonstrably the largest and at this point the most influential in any discussion of communities aloft. This helps explain the need to entertain and the often cursory emphasis placed on performing scientific experiments while aloft. No one heeds the youth with the martyr's palm held aloft. They will have the special pleasure of being aloft, skimming the under-surface of the luminous veil. Although this procedure did not enable positive identification, it did allow us to make plausible associations between radar targets and species likely to be aloft at the time. They pass through plant and animal tissues, to sink into the sea, return to the earth, and are vaulted aloft in some geologic event to begin the cycle again. One wonders how they stay aloft because of the years of grime and decades of filth which have eaten their way into them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They can stay aloft for nearly twenty-four hours without refuelling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some let the banner fall, others have to hold it aloft. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Now they will at least be able to tell their constituents that some of their colleagues were able to hold the banner aloft. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is imperfect communication between the decisions taken aloft and the implementation and understanding of them on the factory floor. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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