top
[ADJ, NOUN, VERB]
1. 顶端的
The top part or point of something is the highest part or point of it.
双语例句
例：the top corner of the newspaper.
报纸顶端的一角。
2. 最上面的
The top thing or layer in a series of things or layers is the highest one.
双语例句
例：I can't reach the top shelf.
我够不着最上面的架子。
3. 最高的 , 最快的
You can use top to indicate that something or someone is at the highest level of a scale or measurement.
双语例句
例：The vehicles have a top speed of 80 miles per hour.
这些车的最高时速达80英里。
4. 最高层的
A top person or job in an organization is at the highest level in the organization.
双语例句
例：I need to have the top people in this company pull together.
我需要把这家公司最高层的人员团结在一起。
5. 最重要的 , 最著名的
You can use top to describe the most important or famous people or things in a particular area of work or activity.
双语例句
例：So you want to be a top model.
如此说来，你想成为一名顶级名模。
6. 居首位的
The top person or team is the one which has performed better than all the other people or teams.
双语例句
例：He was the top student in physics.
他是物理尖子生。
7. 最重要的
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.
双语例句
例：Cleaning up the water supply is their top priority.
清洗供水系统是他们的首要任务。
8. 次数最多的
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.
双语例句
例：Jamillah Lang was Colorado's top scorer.
贾米拉·兰是科罗拉多州得分最多的球员。
ADJ. 形容词
tops
1. [C 可数名词] 顶端 , 顶部
The top of something is its highest point or part.
双语例句
例：I waited at the top of the stairs.
我在楼梯顶端上等着。
例：the picture at the top of the page.
页面顶端的图片。
2. [C 可数名词] （瓶、罐或软管等的）盖子
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.
双语例句
例：the plastic tops from soda bottles.
汽水瓶的塑料盖。
3. [SING 单数型名词] 尽头
4. [C 可数名词] 上衣
A top is a piece of clothing that you wear on the upper half of your body, for example, a blouse or shirt.
双语例句
例：Look at my new top.
看看我的新上衣。
5. [SING 单数型名词] 最高层
The top of an organization or career structure is the highest level in it.
双语例句
例：We started from the bottom and we had to work our way up to the top.
我们从最底层做起，必须奋斗到最高层。
例：his dramatic rise to the top of the military hierarchy.
他戏剧性地晋升到军队的最高层。
6. [SING 单数型名词] 首位
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.
双语例句
例：the golfer at the top of the leaderboard.
居积分榜首位的高尔夫球选手。
NOUN. 名词
top up
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 重新加足
If you top something up, you make it full again when part of it has been used.
双语例句
例：We topped up the water tanks.
我们重新把水箱加满了。
PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词
from top to bottom
1. 彻底地
If you say that you clean or examine something from top to bottom, you are emphasizing that you do it completely and thoroughly.
双语例句
例：She would clean the house from top to bottom.
她会彻底地打扫房子。
from top to toe
1. 从头到脚
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.
双语例句
例：They were sensibly dressed from top to toe in rain gear.
他们非常明智，从头到脚裹着雨具。
get on top of
1. 使沮丧
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.
双语例句
例：Things have been getting on top of me lately.
最近事情太多，令我很沮丧。
off the top of one's head
1. 不假思索地
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.
双语例句
例：It was the best I could think of off the top of my head.
这是我能马上想出的最好办法。
on top
1. 处于显要职位
You say that someone is on top when they have reached the most important position in an organization or business.
双语例句
例：In such a fast-changing business, it's hard to stay on top.
在一个变化如此迅速的行业里，要保住最高职位很难。
2. 另外
You can use on top or on top of to indicate that a particular problem exists in addition to a number of other problems.
双语例句
例：A stepfamily faces all the problems that a normal family has, with a set of additional problems on top.
再婚家庭会面临正常家庭的所有问题，另外还有一系列其他问题。
on top of
1. 在上面
If one thing is on top of another, it is placed over it or on its highest part.
双语例句
例：He was sound asleep on top of the covers.
他在被子上睡得很香。
2. 成功处理
If you are on top of or get on top of something that you are doing, you are dealing with it successfully.
双语例句
例：the government's inability to get on top of the situation.
政府无力处理这种局面。
on top of the world
1. 极其幸福
If you say that you feel on top of the world, you are emphasizing that you feel extremely happy and healthy.
双语例句
例：Two months before she gave birth to Jason she left work feeling on top of the world.
在生贾森的两个月前，她辞工回家，感到无比幸福。
over the top
1. 盖上
If one thing is over the top of another, it is placed over it so that it is completely covering it.
双语例句
例：I placed a sheet of plastic over the top of the container.
我在容器上面盖了一片塑料纸。
2. 夸张的
You describe something as over the top when you think that it is exaggerated, and therefore unacceptable.
近义词
OTT
双语例句
例：The special effects are a bit over the top but I enjoyed it.
特技效果有点夸张，不过我很喜欢。
at the top of one's voice
1. 声嘶力竭地
If you say something at the top of your voice, you say it very loudly.
双语例句
例：'Stephen, come back!' shouted Marcia at the top of her voice.
“斯蒂芬，回来！”马西娅声嘶力竭地喊道。
top dollar
1. 最高价格
If someone pays top dollar for something, they pay the highest possible price for it.
双语例句
例：People will always pay top dollar for something exclusive.
人们总会为绝无仅有的东西付最高价。
PHRASE. 习语
tops , topping , topped
1. [T 及物动词] 位居…榜首
To top a list means to be mentioned or chosen more times than anyone or anything else.
双语例句
例：It was the first time in years that a Japanese manufacturer had not topped the list for imported vehicles.
这是多年来日本厂商第一次未能位居进口汽车排行的榜首。
VERB. 动词
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