資料來源 : pyDict
疏遠的,冷淡的遠離,離開
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Aloof \A*loof"\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Alewife}.
Aloof \A*loof"\, adv. [Pref. a- + loof, fr. D. loef luff, and so
meaning, as a nautical word, to the windward. See {Loof},
{Luff}.]
1. At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small
distance; apart; away.
Our palace stood aloof from streets. --Dryden.
2. Without sympathy; unfavorably.
To make the Bible as from the hand of God, and then
to look at it aloof and with caution, is the worst
of all impieties. --I. Taylor.
Aloof \A*loof"\, prep.
Away from; clear from. [Obs.]
Rivetus . . . would fain work himself aloof these rocks
and quicksands. --Milton.
資料來源 : WordNet®
aloof
adv : in an aloof manner; "the local gentry and professional
classes had held aloof for the school had accepted
their sons readily enough"
aloof
adj : remote in manner; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a
distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers" [syn: {distant},
{upstage}]