loft /ˈlɔft/
閣樓,鴿房,樓上(vt.)儲存于閣樓上(vi.)將球高擊
Loft n.
1. That which is lifted up; an elevation. Hence, especially: (a) The room or space under a roof and above the ceiling of the uppermost story. (b) A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.; as, an organ loft. (c) A floor or room placed above another; a story. especially, an upper story located in a building with a business below, often having no partitions, and in cities sometimes converted into living quarters, or used as studios for artists.
Eutychus . . . fell down from the third loft. --Acts xx. 9.
2. Golf Pitch or slope of the face of a club (tending to drive the ball upward).
On loft, aloft; on high. Cf. Onloft. [Obs.]
Loft, a. Lofty; proud. [R. & Obs.]
Loft, v. t. To make or furnish with a loft; to cause to have loft; as, a lofted house; a lofted golf-club head.
A wooden club with a lofted face. --Encyc. of Sport.
Loft, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Lofted; p. pr. & vb. n. Lofting.] To raise aloft; to send into the air; esp. Golf, to strike (the ball) so that it will go over an obstacle.
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loft
n 1: floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a
factory or warehouse or other commercial space
2: floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just
below roof; often used for storage [syn: attic, garret]
3: a raised shelter in which pigeons are kept [syn: pigeon
loft]
v 1: store in a loft
2: propel through the air; "The rocket lofted the space shuttle
into the air"
3: kick or strike high in the air; "loft a ball"
4: lay out a full-scale working drawing of the lines of a
vessel's hull