| 单词 | at the top of one's voice |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat the top of one's voice (also lungs, throat) h. at the top of one's voice (also lungs, throat) and variants: as loudly as possible. ΚΠ 1765 G. A. Stevens Celebrated Lect. on Heads (new ed.) iii. 19 Even as the cat upon the top of the house doth squall; even so, from the top of my voice, will I bawl. 1770 London Mag. Nov. 571/1 He began again, and read it through at the top of his voice. 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. viii. 100 The little white-headed varlet screaming all the while from the very top of his lungs a shrilly treble. 1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose iii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. IV. 50 Men..talking Earse at the top of their throats. 1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. iv. 79 All the drivers were swearing at each other at the top of their voices. 1906 U. Sinclair Jungle xxvii. 343 She..bounded up the stairway, screaming at the top of her lungs: ‘Police! Police! We're pinched’! 1992 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 26 Oct. 11 Scene at a Stanley Cup hockey final in Canada: the ice is unscarred and the fans roar at the tops of their throats. 2011 B. Hembry Malayan Spymaster 152 He shouted at the top of his voice for us to keep quiet. < as lemmas |
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