lofty

• adj.高い；崇高な；優れた；慇懃な
• n.（高尚な）人名；（英）Lofty

loft, lofty, atticから派生して、高尚な、崇高な。

lofty (adj.)

"exalted, of high rank," early 15c.; also "with a high purpose," from loft + -y (2). From early 14c. as a surname. Literal sense of "high" is attested from 1580s. Related: Loftily; loftiness.

1. Victorian houses can seem cold with their lofty ceilings and rambling rooms.

ビクトリア式家屋は屋根が高くそびえ、間取りが乱れているため、比較的陰気に見える可能性があります。

2.The room was light and lofty compared with our Tudor ones.

私たちのチューダー風の部屋に比べて、この部屋は上品で大気に見えます。

3.A mackerel sky and mares 'tails make lofty ships carry low sails.

魚鱗天、馬尾雲、大船降帆莫航行.

4.I didn 't like her lofty treatment of her visitors.

彼女のように傲慢に来訪者に接するのは好きではありません。

5. Lofty derricks dot the landscape in an oil field.

高くそびえる井戸の棚が油田を彩る景色。