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单词 aloof
释义
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aloof

/əˈluːf/
adjective
1
not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant
不友好的, 不友善的; 冷淡的, 疏远的:

they were courteous but faintly aloof

他们彬彬有礼但是却有点冷淡

an aloof and somewhat austere figure.

一位冷漠又有些冷峻的人物。

1.1
conspicuously uninvolved and uninterested, typically through distaste
卓然事外的, 漠然的:

he stayed aloof from the bickering.

他对口角漠然处之。

派生词

aloofly

adverb

aloofness

noun
词源
mid 16th cent.: from A-2(expressing direction) + LUFF. The term was originally an adverb in nautical use, meaning 'away and to windward!', i.e. with the ship's 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'.
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