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- a room or space directly under the roof of a house or other building, which may be used for accommodation or storage阁楼, 顶楼。
1.1
- a gallery in a church or hall（教堂或大厅内的）楼厢：
a choir loft.
唱诗班厢席。
1.2
- short for ORGAN LOFT.ORGAN LOFT的简称。
1.3
- a large, open area over a shop, warehouse, or factory, especially when converted into living space（商场、仓库、工厂里的）统楼面。
1.4
- a pigeon house鸽房, 鸽舍。
2
- mass noun Golf upward inclination given to the ball in a stroke【高尔夫】高击。
2.1
- backward slope of the head of a club, designed to give upward inclination to the ball（高尔夫球球棒头的）倾斜角度。
3
- mass noun the thickness of insulating matter in an object such as a sleeping bag or a padded coat（睡袋或填料外套等物品中隔热层的）厚度。
with obj. and adverbial of direction
1- kick, hit, or throw (a ball or missile) high up将（球, 投掷物）高踢（或高击、高掷）：
he lofted the ball over the Everton goalkeeper.
他把球高高挑过埃弗顿队的守门员。
1.1
- with obj. [usu. as adj. lofted] give backward slope to the head of (a golf club)使（高尔夫球棒击球端）向后倾斜：
a lofted metal club.
倾斜式金属高尔夫球棒。
词源
late Old English, from Old Norse lopt 'air, sky, upper room', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lucht and German Luft.