aloof 音标拼音: [əl'uf]
a . 疏远的,冷淡的
ad . 远离,离开
疏远的,冷淡的远离,离开
aloof adv 1 :
in an aloof manner ; "
the local gentry and professional classes had held aloof for the school had accepted their sons readily enough "
adj 1 :
remote in manner ; "
stood apart with aloof dignity "; "
a distant smile "; "
he was upstage with strangers " [
synonym :
{
aloof }, {
distant }, {
upstage }]
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 .
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Our palace stood aloof from streets . --
Dryden .
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2 .
Without sympathy ;
unfavorably .
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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 .
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Aloof \
A *
loof "\,
prep .
Away from ;
clear from . [
Obs .]
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Rivetus . . .
would fain work himself aloof these rocks and quicksands . --
Milton .
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Aloof \
A *
loof "\,
n . (
Zool .)
Same as {
Alewife }.
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181 Moby Thesaurus words for "
aloof ":
Laodicean ,
Olympian ,
above ,
above all that ,
abovestairs ,
airward ,
alienated ,
aloft ,
alone ,
antisocial ,
apart ,
apathetic ,
arrogant ,
at a distance ,
away ,
backward ,
bashful ,
benumbed ,
blah ,
blank ,
blase ,
bored ,
broken ,
careless ,
casual ,
chilled ,
chilly ,
cold ,
comatose ,
companionless ,
constrained ,
cool ,
desensitized ,
detached ,
disconnected ,
discontinuous ,
discreet ,
discrete ,
disdainful ,
disinterested ,
distant ,
distantly ,
dull ,
exclusive ,
expressionless ,
forbidding ,
formal ,
friendless ,
frigid ,
frosty ,
gapped ,
guarded ,
haughty ,
heartless ,
hebetudinous ,
heedless ,
high ,
high up ,
homeless ,
hopeless ,
icy ,
impassive ,
impersonal ,
in a stupor ,
in the air ,
in the clouds ,
inaccessible ,
incoherent ,
inconsistent ,
incurious ,
indifferent ,
insouciant ,
insular ,
introverted ,
isolated ,
kithless ,
languid ,
lethargic ,
listless ,
lone ,
lonely ,
lonesome ,
mindless ,
modest ,
nonadherent ,
nonadhesive ,
nonchalant ,
noncoherent ,
noncohesive ,
numb ,
numbed ,
off ,
offish ,
on high ,
on stilts ,
on the peak ,
on tiptoe ,
open ,
over ,
overhead ,
passive ,
phlegmatic ,
pluckless ,
private ,
proud ,
regardless ,
remote ,
remotely ,
removed ,
repressed ,
reserved ,
resigned ,
restrained ,
reticent ,
retiring ,
rootless ,
seclusive ,
separate ,
separated ,
shrinking ,
single -
handed ,
skyward ,
slack ,
sluggish ,
solitary ,
solo ,
soporific ,
spiritless ,
spunkless ,
standoff ,
standoffish ,
stoic ,
stolid ,
straight up ,
stupefied ,
subdued ,
supercilious ,
supine ,
suppressed ,
tenuous ,
tiptoe ,
to the zenith ,
torpid ,
unabetted ,
unaccompanied ,
unadhesive ,
unaffable ,
unaided ,
unapproachable ,
unassisted ,
unattended ,
unbending ,
uncaring ,
uncoherent ,
uncohesive ,
uncompanionable ,
unconcerned ,
uncongenial ,
unconnected ,
undemonstrative ,
unescorted ,
unexpansive ,
unfriendly ,
ungenial ,
uninquiring ,
uninterested ,
uninvolved ,
unjoined ,
unmindful ,
unresponsive ,
unseconded ,
unsociable ,
unsocial ,
unsupported ,
unsympathetic ,
untenacious ,
up ,
upstairs ,
upward ,
upwards ,
withdrawn
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