loft

• n. 阁楼；顶楼；鸽房
• vt. 把…储放在阁楼内
• vi. 将球高击
• n. (Loft)人名；(丹)洛夫特

词源同lift,举起。引申词义高空，阁楼。

loft

loft: [OE] The notion underlying loft is of being ‘high up in the air’ – and indeed originally loft, like its close German relative luft, meant ‘air’. Not until the 13th century do we find it being used in English for ‘upper room’ (although in fact its source, Old Norse lopt, had both meanings). All these words go back to a common ancestor, prehistoric Germanic *luftuz ‘air, sky’. From this was derived a verb *luftjan, which, again via Old Norse, has given English lift [13] (the use of the derived noun for an ‘elevator’, incidentally, dates from the mid 19th century).
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loft (v.)

"to hit a ball high in the air," 1856, originally in golf, from loft (n.). Related: Lofted; lofting. An earlier sense was "to put a loft on" (a building), 1560s; also "to store (goods) in a loft" (1510s).

loft (n.)

"an upper chamber," c. 1300, from late Old English loft "the sky; the sphere of the air," from Old Norse lopt "air, sky," originally "upper story, loft, attic" (Scandinavian -pt- pronounced like -ft-), from Proto-Germanic *luftuz "air, sky" (cognates: Old English lyft, Dutch lucht, Old High German luft, German Luft, Gothic luftus "air").

Sense development is from "loft, ceiling" to "sky, air." Buck suggests ultimate connection with Old High German louft "bark," louba "roof, attic," etc., with development from "bark" to "roof made of bark" to "ceiling," though this did not directly inform the meaning "air, sky." But Watkins says this is "probably a separate Germanic root." Meaning "gallery in a church" first attested c. 1500.

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2. These are the people who are doing our loft conversion for us.

就是这些人在为我们改造阁楼。

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3. If you're converting your loft, these addresses will be useful.

你要是打算改造阁楼，这些地址会派上用场。

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4. It is always worth having a loft conversion costed out.

估算一下改建阁楼的费用总是很有必要的。

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5. They lived in a SoHo loft.

他们居住在索霍区改建的公寓里。

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