Loft

(noun.) floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage.

(noun.) a raised shelter in which pigeons are kept.

(noun.) floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space.

(noun.) (golf) the backward slant on the head of some golf clubs that is designed to drive the ball high in the air.

(verb.) lay out a full-scale working drawing of the lines of a vessel's hull.

(verb.) kick or strike high in the air; 'loft a ball'.

(verb.) propel through the air; 'The rocket lofted the space shuttle into the air'.

(verb.) store in a loft.

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• Johnson and I went to the Charleston end to carry out Edison's plans, which were rapidly unfolded by telegraph every night from a loft on lower Broadway, New York. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• They rested on some straw in a loft until the middle of the night, and then rode forward again when all the town was asleep. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Up in the top loft of the factory we stored those machines, and at night we put up the benches and got everything all ready. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• From the time when he was left in the loft-room, he vanished. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• One of these lads sat up each night in the stable, while the others slept in the loft. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• The hides are all hung in a dry loft, where artificial heat of different temperatures is used until they are thoroughly dry. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• There is a bed in the wholesome loft-room by the stable; we had better keep him there till morning, when he can be wrapped up and removed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.

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