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1. N-COUNT The top of something is its highest point or part. 頂端

I waited at the top of the stairs. 我在樓梯頂端上等著。

...the picture at the top of the page. …頁端的圖片。

2. ADJ Top is also an adjective. 頂端的[ADJ n]

...the top corner of the newspaper. …報紙頂端的一角。

3. ADJ The top thing or layer in a series of things or layers is the highest one. 最上面的[ADJ n]

I can't reach the top shelf. 我夠不著最上面的架子。

4. N-COUNT The top of something such as a bottle, jar, or tube is a cap, lid, or other device that fits or screws onto one end of it. (瓶、罐或軟管等的) 蓋子

...the plastic tops from soda bottles. …汽水瓶的塑料蓋。

5. N-SING The top of a street, garden, bed, or table is the end of it that is farthest away from where you usually enter it or from where you are. 盡頭[英國英語]

6. N-COUNT A top is a piece of clothing that you wear on the upper half of your body, for example, a blouse or shirt. 上衣[非正式]

Look at my new top. 看看我的新上衣。

7. N a toy that is spun on its pointed base by a flick of the fingers, by pushing a handle at the top up and down, etc 陀螺

8. ADJ You can use top to indicate that something or someone is at the highest level of a scale or measurement. 最高的; 最快的[ADJ n]

The vehicles have a top speed of 80 miles per hour. 這些車的最高時速達(dá)80英里。

9. N-SING The top of an organization or career structure is the highest level in it. 最高層

We started from the bottom and we had to work our way up to the top. 我們從最底層做起，必須奮斗到最高層。

...his dramatic rise to the top of the military hierarchy. …他戲劇性地晉升到軍隊(duì)的最高層。

10. ADJ Top is also an adjective. 最高層的[ADJ n]

I need to have the top people in this company pull together. 我需要把這家公司最高層的人員團(tuán)結(jié)在一起。

11. ADJ You can use top to describe the most important or famous people or things in a particular area of work or activity. 最重要的; 最著名的[ADJ n]

So you want to be a top model. 如此說來，你想成為一名頂級名模。

12. N-SING If someone is at the top of, for example, a table or league or is the top of the table or league, their performance is better than that of all the other people involved. 首位

...the golfer at the top of the leaderboard. …居積分榜首位的高爾夫球選手。

13. ADJ Top is also an adjective. 居首位的

He was the top student in physics. 他是物理學(xué)尖子生。

14. ADJ You can use top to indicate that something is the first thing you are going to do, because you consider it to be the most important. 最重要的

Cleaning up the water supply is their top priority. 清洗供水系統(tǒng)是他們的首要任務(wù)。

15. ADJ You can use top to indicate that someone does a particular thing more times than anyone else or that something is chosen more times than anything else. 居首位的[ADJ n]

Jamillah Lang was Colorado's top scorer. 賈米拉·蘭是科羅拉多州得分最多的球員。

ADJ

1. V-T To top a list means to be mentioned or chosen more times than anyone or anything else. 位居…榜首[journalism]

It was the first time in years that a Japanese manufacturer had not topped the list for imported vehicles. 這是多年來日本廠商第一次未能位居進(jìn)口汽車名單榜首。

2. V-T to remove the top of or from 去掉...頂部; 從...頂部去掉

to top carrots

3. V-T to exceed or surpass 超過

4. V-T to kill 殺死[slang]

5. V-T to form a top on (something) 在(某物)上面形成頂部

to top a cake with whipped cream

V-T

1. PHRASE If you say that you clean or examine something from top to bottom, you are emphasizing that you do it completely and thoroughly. 徹底地[強(qiáng)調(diào)]

She would clean the house from top to bottom. 她會徹底地打掃房子。

2. PHRASE You can use from top to toe to emphasize that the whole of someone's body is covered or dressed in a particular thing or type of clothing. 從頭到腳[英國英語]

They were sensibly dressed from top to toe in rain gear. 他們非常明智，從頭到腳裹著雨具。

3. PHRASE When something gets on top of you, it makes you feel unhappy or depressed because it is very difficult or worrying, or because it involves more work than you can manage. 使沮喪

Things have been getting on top of me lately. 事情最近太多，令我很沮喪。

4. PHRASE If you are on top of or get on top of something that you are doing, you are dealing with it successfully. 成功處理

...the government's inability to get on top of the situation. …政府無力處理這種局面。

5. PHRASE If you say something off the top of your head, you say it without thinking about it much before you speak, especially because you do not have enough time. 不假思索地

It was the best I could think of off the top of my head. 這是我能馬上想出的最好辦法。

6. PHRASE If one thing is on top of another, it is placed over it or on its highest part. 在上面

He was sound asleep on top of the covers. 他在床單上睡得很香。

7. PHRASE You can use on top or on top of to indicate that a particular problem exists in addition to a number of other problems. 另外

A stepfamily faces all the problems that a normal family has, with a set of additional problems on top. 再婚家庭會面臨正常家庭的所有問題，另外還有一系列其他問題。

8. PHRASE You say that someone is on top when they have reached the most important position in an organization or business. 處于顯要職位

In such a fast-changing business, it's hard to stay on top. 在一個變化如此迅速的行業(yè)里，要保持顯要地位很難。

9. PHRASE If you say that you feel on top of the world, you are emphasizing that you feel extremely happy and healthy. 極其幸福[強(qiáng)調(diào)]

Two months before she gave birth to Jason she left work feeling on top of the world. 在生下賈森的兩個月前，她辭去了工作，感到極其幸福。

10. PHRASE If someone pays top dollar for something, they pay the highest possible price for it. 最高價格[非正式] [v PHR, PHR n]

People will always pay top dollar for something exclusive. 人們總愿意為奢侈品付最高價。

11. PHRASE If one thing is over the top of another, it is placed over it so that it is completely covering it. 蓋上

I placed a sheet of plastic over the top of the container. 我在容器的上面蓋了一層塑料紙。

12. PHRASE You describe something as over the top when you think that it is exaggerated, and therefore unacceptable. 夸張的[英國英語] [非正式]

The special effects are a bit over the top but I enjoyed it. 特技效果有點(diǎn)夸張，不過我很欣賞。

13. PHRASE If you say something at the top of your voice, you say it very loudly. 聲嘶力竭地

"Stephen, come back!" shouted Marcia at the top of her voice. “斯蒂芬，回來！”馬西婭聲嘶力竭地喊道。