英['lɒfti]美['lɔːfti]
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来自 loft, 高空，阁楼，引申词义高耸的，崇高的。
adjective(形容词)
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adjective(形容词)
小知识
Lofty is a good word for describing something that's high above the ground, or someone who acts like she's high above everyone else.
Dating from the 15th century, lofty originally meant “exalted,” or spiritually high, but soon came to mean physically high as well. A towering mountain can be called “lofty.” So can someone who walks around with her nose in the air and speaks in a fake English accent. Even if she's only five-foot-two.
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词语辨析
adj.(形容词)lofty，high，tall
这三个词都可表示“高的”，指高度上超过一般。其区别是1.high既可修饰具体的东西，也可修饰抽象的事物；tall既可修饰人，也可修饰无生命的物；而lofty是文语，可引申指态度、样子、神情等“高傲”“傲慢”。例如The cost of living is high.生活费用很高。There are some very tall buildings in Hong Kong.香港有些很高的建筑物。I didn?t like her lofty treatment of her visitors.我不喜欢她那样傲慢地对待来访者。2.high多指离开地面的高度或距离；tall多指由顶到底的长度，常用于比较狭窄的东西，如人、树等；lofty有时也指思想、感情、情操等是“高尚的”“崇高的”。例如It is a very high building.这是一座很高的楼房。The ship is too tall to go under the bridge.这艘船太高，桥下驶不过去。Those sentiments are lofty but not very practical.那种思想感情是高尚的，但是不太现实。3.high可以表示程度或强度“高”，而tall不可。例如I can?t sing at so high a pitch.我无法把音调唱得这么高。4.指“山高”只能用high，不能用tall。例如Mount Jolmo Lungma is the highest in the world.珠穆朗玛峰是世界上最高的山峰。
同根词汇
词根loft adv.loftily高尚地；傲慢地n.loft阁楼；顶楼；鸽房loftiness高；崇高；高傲vi.loft将球高击vt.loft把…储放在阁楼内
同近义词
adj.高的；崇高的；高级的；高傲的high，tall，senior，advanced，superior