top

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv. 感叹词 intj.
/tɒp/|[tʰɒp]    /tɑp/|[tʰɑp]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The highest or uppermost part of something. countable,uncountable
    — His kite got caught at the top of the tree.
  2. The highest or uppermost part of something.; The part of something that is usually highest or uppermost. countable,uncountable
    — We flipped the machine onto its top.
  3. The highest or uppermost part of something.; The uppermost part of a page, picture, viewing screen, etc. countable,uncountable
    — Further weather information can be found at the top of your television screen.
  4. The highest or uppermost part of something.; A lid, cap, or cover of a container. countable,uncountable
    — Put a top on the toothpaste tube or it will go bad.
  5. The highest or uppermost part of something.; A garment worn to cover the torso. countable,uncountable
    — I bought this top as it matches my jeans.
  6. The highest or uppermost part of something.; A framework at the top of a ship's mast to which rigging is attached. countable,uncountable
  7. The highest or uppermost part of something.; The first half of an inning, during which the home team fields and the visiting team bats. countable,uncountable
  8. The highest or uppermost part of something.; The crown of the head, or the hair upon it; the head. archaic,countable,uncountable
    — Like glauncing light of Phoebus brightest ray; From top to toe no place appeared bare
  9. The near end of somewhere. countable,uncountable
    — The patio is at the top of my garden.
  10. A child's spinning toy; a spinning top. countable,uncountable
    — The boy was amazed at how long the top would spin.
  11. Someone who is eminent.; The chief person; the most prominent one. archaic,countable,uncountable
    — to be the top of zealots
  12. Someone who is eminent.; The highest rank; the most honourable position; the utmost attainable place. countable,uncountable
    — to be at the top of one's class, or at the top of the school
  13. A peak price of a security during a trading period, before it begins a downward trend. countable,uncountable
    — the daily average price of packer and shipper purchases ranging between $14 and $16. Beginning with the middle of September prices moved sharply upward until a top of $18.25 was reached during the week of Sept. 25. From this high point prices moved downward sharply […]
  14. A dominant partner in a sadomasochistic relationship or roleplay. countable,uncountable
    — As I went on doing s/m more and more, I found the idea of topping real attractive and so I started to do that. At this point in my life I'm playing top almost all the time.
  15. A dominant partner in a sadomasochistic relationship or roleplay.; A dominant partner in a sexual relationship. broadly,countable,uncountable
  16. A person who penetrates or has a preference for penetrating during intercourse. countable,uncountable
    — I prefer being a top, and my boyfriend prefers being a bottom.
  17. Fellatio; a blowjob. Multicultural-London-English,countable,slang,uncountable,vulgar
    — Running up a check, I'ma drop the top Baby gimme neck, you know I want some top You ain't tryna fuck, then baby don't just stop
  18. A top quark. countable,particle,uncountable
  19. The utmost degree; the acme; the summit. countable,uncountable
    — June 18 1714, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift The top of my own ambition is to contribute to that work.
  20. A plug or conical block of wood with longitudinal grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting. countable,uncountable
  21. Highest pitch or loudest volume. countable,uncountable
    — She sang at the top of her voice.
  22. A bundle or ball of slivers of combed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out. countable,uncountable
    — Most cotton is sold as top, requiring only predrafting prior to spinning.
  23. Eve; verge; point. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — Hee was upon the top of his marriage with Magdalaine.
  24. The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface. countable,uncountable
  25. Topboots. countable,dated,in-plural,slang,uncountable
    — There was one pair of boots in particular — a jolly, good-tempered, hearty-looking, pair of tops, that excited our warmest regard
  26. A stroke on the top of the ball. countable,uncountable
  27. A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top; topspin. countable,uncountable
    — What is wanted is just the reverse - i.e top or overspin, which causes the ball to revolve in the direction in which it is going.
  28. (A table at which there is, or which has enough seats for) a group of a specified number of people eating at a restaurant. countable,uncountable
    — […] but with only three other tables on the patio apart from myself – two three-tops and a five-top – it's hard to imagine what the holdup is.
  29. Ellipsis of topswarm. abbreviation,alt-of,countable,ellipsis,uncountable
    — My first topswarm came off on the 25th June, and a second top on the day following; both were put into skeps of one size, and appeared to be equal as regards the number of Bees.
  30. The First Sergeant or Master Sergeant (U.S. Marine Corps), senior enlisted man at company level. countable,uncountable
  31. a shoot (eaten as a vegetable). Philippines,countable,plural-normally,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To cover on the top or with a top.
    — I like my ice cream topped with chocolate sauce.
  2. To exceed in height.
    — Five were proper slender youths, the eldest of whom had not yet beard full grown, black-browed and great of jaw; the sixth, huge as a neat, topped them by half a head.
  3. To excel, to surpass, to beat, to exceed.
    — Titanic was the most successful film ever until it was topped by another Cameron film, Avatar.
  4. To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of).
    — Celine Dion topped the UK music charts twice in the 1990s.
  5. To cut or remove the top (as of a tree)
    — I don't want to be bald, so just top my hair.
  6. To commit suicide. Australia,UK,reflexive,slang
    — Depression causes many people to top themselves.
  7. To murder or execute. Australia,UK,archaic,rare,slang
    — Thirty-six were cast for death, and only one was ‘topped’ (hanged), the very one that expected to be ‘turned up’ (acquitted) for highway robbery.
  8. To be the dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
    — I used to be a slave, but I ended up topping.
  9. To penetrate during sexual intercourse. intransitive,transitive
  10. To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower. archaic
    — topping passions
  11. To excel; to rise above others. archaic
  12. To raise one end of (a yard, etc.), making it higher than the other.
  13. To cover with another dye.
    — to top aniline black with methyl violet to prevent greening
  14. To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade).
  15. To arrange (fruit, etc.) with the best on top. dated,slang
  16. To strike the top of (an obstacle) with the hind feet while jumping, so as to gain new impetus.
  17. To improve (domestic animals, especially sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior breeds.
  18. To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal.
  19. To strike (the ball) above the centre; also, to make (a stroke, etc.) by hitting the ball in this way.
形容词 adj.
  1. Situated on the top of something. not-comparable
  2. Best; of the highest quality, fame or rank. informal,not-comparable
    — She's in the top dance school.
  3. Very good, of high quality, power, or rank. informal,not-comparable
    — He's a top lawyer.
  4. Relating to the chest or breasts. not-comparable
    — top surgery
副词 adv.
  1. Best, highest. not-comparable
    — Our product is top-rated on all major platforms.
感叹词 intj.
  1. The signal among tailors and seamstresses for snuffing the candle. The last of them to cry "top" had to snuff the candle. obsolete
    — My hairs, you perceive, are grown grey in following our sublime trade: full many a time have I cried top in the winter, the first of all the gentlemen on the board; and many a time has it fallen to my lot to apply the snuffers, and take off the filthy excrescence from the candle myself, but never before, in the experience of fifty long years, was it thought that English tailors were inferior to foreign ones.

词形变化

tops plural tops present,singular,third-person topping participle,present topped participle,past topped past

词汇关系

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antitop archtop atop at the top of one's bent at the top of one's game at the top of one's lungs at the top of one's voice at the top of the heap at the top of the pile at the top of the tree Bank Top Barrington Tops bartop becurtovirus bedtop benchtop Benham's top betop big top bikini top blacktop blow one's top bluetop blue top blufftop bottle top boxtop Bricktop browntop bubbletop bunchy top bushtop camote tops carrot top cartop cherrytop clifftop cloudtop come out on top cooktop coppertop cottontop countertop crop top curly top dashtop decktop desktop double top Dowlais Top droptop drop top dunetop eight-top filtertop finetop Firetop flattop flip-top flowtop foretop four-top the top top to bottom top to toe Gloucester Tops goldentop gold top gold-top milk grass top grass tops green top gyrotop haltertop halter top hardtop hedgetop high-top Hill Top hilltop hi-top hooktop hot top housetop humming top it's lonely at the top jacktop kamote tops keytop kneetop lager top laptop looptop loop-top maintop mizzentop moortop moptop mountaintop Mountain Top muffin top off the top of one's dome off the top of one's head old top one's elevator doesn't go all the way to the top on top on top of on top of the world open-top open-top bus out-top over the top overtop palmtop peasant top pegtop peg-top trousers pentop pillowtop pop-top power top pretty please with sugar on top race to the top ragtop raintop redtop red top retop ridgetop roll-top rooftop round-top run like a top screwtop screw top service top set top box shoetop silver top sit-on-top six-top sleep like a top soft top spin-top Stanwell Tops stop stop squark stovetop strappy top surtop Table Top tabletop take it from the top tank top Targa top tippe top tiptop top aerator top and but top and tail topbar topbill top-block topbox top boy topcase top-chain topcloth topcode topcolor topcolour topdeck top-down top-drain top-dress top drop topectomy top-flag topflight topfree topfreedom top fruit topful topfull top-hamper top-heavy top-hole top kill topknot topless toplift toplight toplighted toplighting toplike topline toplist toplit top loader toploading toploftical topmaker topmaking topman topmast topminnow top minnow topneck topness topnotcher top of mind top of one's class top of the hour top of the line top of the morning top of the shop toponium topper toppiece topping toppo toppy toprail top-rated top-rope top round topsail tops-and-bottoms topsawyer top scar top-selling topsetting top-shaped topshell topshop topside topsite top-slicing topsman top snail topsoil topspace top speed topspun topstitch topstone top surgeon top surgery top-tick top-to-bottom top to tail topwater topwear topweight topwise topwork to the top of one's bent treetop T-top tube top turban-top turnip tops two-top untop untoppable up top view from the top walltop wavetop whipping top whip top whitetop wooden-top wop top worktop wrist-top yellowtop ziptop top from the bottom top it all top it all off top it off top off top one's boom top oneself top out top the charts top up to top it off untopped a few roos loose in the top paddock a kangaroo loose in the top paddock a roo loose in the top paddock kangaroos in the top paddock crazy top downy mildew top 40 top-age top-aged top antiquark top-armour top banana top billing top bin top bollocks top brass top cat top-class top coat topcoat top copy top dead center top deck top dog top dollar top drawer top drive top edge top-end top end of town top feed top fermentation top-fermenting top flight top-flight top forty top fuel top gear top-grade top gun top hand top hat top-hatted top ho top job top kek top left top-level top light top line top loin topmost top notch top note top-of-the-range top order top pair top piece top-post top priority top-priority top-quality top rake top-ranking top scorer top secret top seed top sheet top shelf top-shelf top soil top spot top ten top tier top tube top whack

词源

词源 1
From Middle English top, toppe, from Old English topp (“top, highest part; summit; crest; tassel, tuft; (spinning) top, ball; a tuft or ball at the highest point of anything”), from Proto-West Germanic *topp, from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz (“braid, pigtail, end”), of unknown ultimate origin. Compare typologically Latin apex (<< Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“to join, attach, fasten, fit”)).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Top (“top”), Cimbrian sòpf (“braid”), Dutch top (“top, summit, peak”), German Topp (“top of a mast”), Zopf (“braid, pigtail, plait, top”), Luxembourgish Zapp (“plait, tress”), Vilamovian cöp (“braid, plait”), Yiddish צאָפּ (tsop, “braid”), Danish top (“top”), Icelandic toppur (“top”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish topp (“top, peak, summit, tip”), Italian zuffa (“brawl”).
The sense of a spinning toy is separated from this, obscurely related to Dutch top and dop in this sense, against Standard Dutch tol, and French toupie having this sense.
词源 2
From Middle English top, toppe, from Old English topp (“top, highest part; summit; crest; tassel, tuft; (spinning) top, ball; a tuft or ball at the highest point of anything”), from Proto-West Germanic *topp, from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz (“braid, pigtail, end”), of unknown ultimate origin. Compare typologically Latin apex (<< Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“to join, attach, fasten, fit”)).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Top (“top”), Cimbrian sòpf (“braid”), Dutch top (“top, summit, peak”), German Topp (“top of a mast”), Zopf (“braid, pigtail, plait, top”), Luxembourgish Zapp (“plait, tress”), Vilamovian cöp (“braid, plait”), Yiddish צאָפּ (tsop, “braid”), Danish top (“top”), Icelandic toppur (“top”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish topp (“top, peak, summit, tip”), Italian zuffa (“brawl”).
The sense of a spinning toy is separated from this, obscurely related to Dutch top and dop in this sense, against Standard Dutch tol, and French toupie having this sense.
词源 3
From Middle English top, toppe, from Old English topp (“top, highest part; summit; crest; tassel, tuft; (spinning) top, ball; a tuft or ball at the highest point of anything”), from Proto-West Germanic *topp, from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz (“braid, pigtail, end”), of unknown ultimate origin. Compare typologically Latin apex (<< Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“to join, attach, fasten, fit”)).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Top (“top”), Cimbrian sòpf (“braid”), Dutch top (“top, summit, peak”), German Topp (“top of a mast”), Zopf (“braid, pigtail, plait, top”), Luxembourgish Zapp (“plait, tress”), Vilamovian cöp (“braid, plait”), Yiddish צאָפּ (tsop, “braid”), Danish top (“top”), Icelandic toppur (“top”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish topp (“top, peak, summit, tip”), Italian zuffa (“brawl”).
The sense of a spinning toy is separated from this, obscurely related to Dutch top and dop in this sense, against Standard Dutch tol, and French toupie having this sense.
词源 4
From Middle English top, toppe, from Old English topp (“top, highest part; summit; crest; tassel, tuft; (spinning) top, ball; a tuft or ball at the highest point of anything”), from Proto-West Germanic *topp, from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz (“braid, pigtail, end”), of unknown ultimate origin. Compare typologically Latin apex (<< Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“to join, attach, fasten, fit”)).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Top (“top”), Cimbrian sòpf (“braid”), Dutch top (“top, summit, peak”), German Topp (“top of a mast”), Zopf (“braid, pigtail, plait, top”), Luxembourgish Zapp (“plait, tress”), Vilamovian cöp (“braid, plait”), Yiddish צאָפּ (tsop, “braid”), Danish top (“top”), Icelandic toppur (“top”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish topp (“top, peak, summit, tip”), Italian zuffa (“brawl”).
The sense of a spinning toy is separated from this, obscurely related to Dutch top and dop in this sense, against Standard Dutch tol, and French toupie having this sense.
词源 5
From Middle English top, toppe, from Old English topp (“top, highest part; summit; crest; tassel, tuft; (spinning) top, ball; a tuft or ball at the highest point of anything”), from Proto-West Germanic *topp, from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz (“braid, pigtail, end”), of unknown ultimate origin. Compare typologically Latin apex (<< Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“to join, attach, fasten, fit”)).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Top (“top”), Cimbrian sòpf (“braid”), Dutch top (“top, summit, peak”), German Topp (“top of a mast”), Zopf (“braid, pigtail, plait, top”), Luxembourgish Zapp (“plait, tress”), Vilamovian cöp (“braid, plait”), Yiddish צאָפּ (tsop, “braid”), Danish top (“top”), Icelandic toppur (“top”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish topp (“top, peak, summit, tip”), Italian zuffa (“brawl”).
The sense of a spinning toy is separated from this, obscurely related to Dutch top and dop in this sense, against Standard Dutch tol, and French toupie having this sense.
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