| 释义 |
up top, advb. phr.
[up adv.2]
1. Mil. slang.
a. Above decks.
b. Of an aircraft: in the sky.
1917‘Taffrail’ Off Shore 36 ‘Up top there!’ bellowed James... ‘Help!’ James shouted. 1934V. M. Yeates Winged Victory i. xix. 154 Then he saw the Fokkers. Where were the people up top? 1942G. Hackforth-Jones One-One-One ix. 88 ‘What's going on up top?’ he asked after he had received the Commander's message.
2. fig. In a position of authority or influence.
1967Wodehouse Company for Henry iv. 66 It doesn't do any harm if she lends a hand herself. Can't leave everything to the men up top. 1979N.Y. Times Mag. 30 Sept. 33/1 Sonny had friends up top in all these places—people he'd take to race-track junkets, or to theater outings. |