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aloof

/əlˈuf/ やや難 頻度 9301位

意味

  1. 遠ざかって,離れて(apart)
  2. 関心のない;打ち解けない

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語源

英語の原文(Wiktionary)

From Middle English loof (“weather gage, windward direction”), probably from Middle Dutch (Compare Dutch loef (“the weather side of a ship”)), originally a nautical order to keep the ship's head to the wind, thus to stay clear of a lee-shore or some other quarter, hence the figurative sense of "at a distance, apart".

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