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発音

• IPA: /əˈluːf/
• 韻: -uːf

副詞

aloof (comparative more aloof, superlative most aloof)

1. At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.
   • 1829, William Taylor, Historic Survey of German Poetry (page 73)

     Sisyphus also I saw, with unwelcomest taskage tormented, / Toilsomely hoisting aloof, unassisted, a ponderous round stone.

   • 1697, John Dryden, “Part 13”, in Virgil's Aeneid, Harvard Classics edition, translation of original by Virgil, published 2004, page 113:

     The noise approaches, tho' our palace stood
     Aloof from streets, encompass'd with a wood

   • 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 2, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:

     Mother […] considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom, from which every Kensingtonian held aloof, except on the conventional tip-and-run excursions in pursuit of shopping, tea and theatres.

2. Without sympathy; unfavorably.
   • 1832, Isaac Taylor, Saturday evening, page 363:

     But to open the Bible in this spirit — to take the Book as from the hand of God, and then to look at it aloof, and with caution, as if throughout it were illusory and enigmatical, is the worst of all impieties.

形容詞

aloof (comparative more aloof, superlative most aloof)

1. Reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant; standoffish.

   Synonyms: remote, reserved; see also Thesaurus:aloof

   I'm a courteous but somewhat aloof man that just tries to stay aloof of any infighting and squalid scandals.

   • 1906, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], Time and the Gods‎, London: William Heineman, →OCLC, page 3:

     None may ever hear the speech of the poets of that city, to whom the gods have spoken. It stands a city aloof. There hath been no rumour of it—I alone have dreamed of it, and I may not be sure that my dreams are true.

派生語

• aloofly
• aloofness

前置詞

aloof

1. (obsolete) Away from; clear of.
   • 1643, John Milton, Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce:

     Rivetus […] would fain work himself aloof these rocks and quicksands.

参考

• See also Thesaurus:arrogant

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アナグラム

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