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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 aloft /əˈlɔft/
 (ad.)在高處,在上

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 A·loft adv.
 1. On high; in the air; high above the ground. “He steers his flight aloft.”
 2. Naut. In the top; at the mast head, or on the higher yards or rigging; overhead; hence (Fig. and Colloq.), in or to heaven.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 A·loft, prep. Above; on top of. [Obs.]
    Fresh waters run aloft the sea.   --Holland.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 aloft
      adv 1: at or on or to the masthead or upper rigging of a ship;
             "climbed aloft to unfurl the sail"
      2: upward; "the good news sent her spirits aloft"
      3: at or to great height; high up in or into the air; "eagles
         were soaring aloft"; "dust is whirled aloft"
      4: in the higher atmosphere above the earth; "weather
         conditions aloft are fine"