| 释义 |
way up, adv. and a. orig. U.S.
[f. way adv. + up adv.]
A. adv. Far up.
1851‘E. Wetherell’ Wide, Wide World I. xii. 150 Do you live 'way up there? 1862O. W. Norton Army Lett. 100 A minister of the gospel who was so wonderfully..war-like way up in Erie. 1901Lee Bacon Houseboat on Nile 51 The Howadji..was 'way up in that painter's paradise where [etc.]. 1946K. Tennant Lost Haven (1947) vii. 95 If you owned a bath, it put you 'way, 'way up in the world. 1956H. Kurnitz Invasion of Privacy xiv. 92 She came down the stairs and I thought that was funny because they live way up top. 1972National Observer (N.Y.) 27 May 14/1 Way up in the high-level social circles are those who are so rich they never, ever talk about money.
B. adj. Usu. ˈway-up. Excellent, first-class; of high social standing. slang (chiefly U.S.).
1887F. Francis Saddle & Mocassin 81 A real way-up cook, who could make chile-con-carne, tamales, and all the best Mexican dishes. 1902Kipling Traffics & Discov. (1904) 17 He's a way-up barrister when he's at home. 1909‘O. Henry’ Roads of Destiny xviii. 299, I want to be manager of something way up—like a railroad or a diamond trust or an automobile factory. |