aloof
US: /əˈɫuf/
UK: /ɐlˈuːf/
UK: /ɐlˈuːf/
English Vietnamese dictionary
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
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective
[not usually before noun] ~ (from sb/sth) not friendly or interested in other people: He was a cold man, aloof and distant. + She stayed aloof while the argument went on around her.
aloofness noun [U]: Her cool aloofness was seen as arrogance by some people.
Idioms: keep / hold (yourself) aloof
remain / stand aloof to not become involved in sth; to show no interest in people: The Emperor kept himself aloof from the people.
Thesaurus dictionary
adv.
1 apart, away, at a distance, separate; at arm's length:
We invited Martha to join us but she preferred to remain aloof.
adj.
2 private, reticent, reserved, withdrawn, haughty, supercilious, standoffish, formal, unsociable, unsocial; distant, remote:
Deirdre is quite an aloof sort of person - not what you would call a 'mixer'.
3 standoffish, distant, remote, cool, chilly, unresponsive, unfriendly, antisocial, unapproachable; unsympathetic, apathetic, indifferent, undemonstrative:
Roger keeps himself aloof from the needs of those less fortunate than he is.
Collocation dictionary
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.
Concise English dictionary
ə'luːf
adj.
+remote in manner
adv.
+in an aloof manner
