aloof

aloof /ə'lu:f/
  • tính từ & phó từ
    • ở xa, tách xa
    • (nghĩa bóng) xa rời, tách rời
    • xa rời, lánh xa, cách biệt
      • to stand (keep, hold) aloof: đứng tách rời, lánh xa; không dính vào, đứng ngoài vòng, bàng quan
      • to live aloof from tile world: sống xa lánh mọi người
    • (hàng hải) ở ngoài khơi lộng gió

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Xem thêm: distant, upstage



aloof

Từ điển Collocation

aloof adj.

1 not friendly

VERBS be, look, seem | find sb Some people find her aloof and unfriendly.

ADV. a bit, a little, somewhat

2 not involved in sth

VERBS hold (yourself), keep (yourself), remain, stand Some thought that Britain was standing aloof from Europe. | keep sb There were many things that had kept her aloof and apart from the crowd.

ADV. largely

PREP. from He has remained largely aloof from the hurly-burly of parliamentary politics.


Từ điển WordNet

    adj.

  • remote in manner; distant, upstage

    stood apart with aloof dignity

    a distant smile

    he was upstage with strangers

    adv.

  • in an aloof manner

    the local gentry and professional classes had held aloof for the school had accepted their sons readily enough


English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


syn.: apart away cool distant remote reserved standoffish unsociable