单词 | on the top of |
释义 | > as lemmason the top of (b) Also with the in on the top of: so as to add to; in addition to (esp. with reference to unwelcome tasks, events, misfortunes, etc., added to an existing burden). ΚΠ 1796 F. Burney Camilla II. iii. iii. 62 One thing heaped o'top of t'other. 1824 M. Wilmot Let. 5 Feb. (1935) 207 I came home hungry, took some hot tea on the top of a cold ice which I got there, got an indigestion. 1886 St. Stephen's Rev. 13 Mar. 11/2 Two heavy falls in a week, and a bad cold on the top of them. 1926 People's Home Jrnl. Feb. 33/2 I will help get him work and do anything I can for him..but I cannot give him money on top of the million he has thrown away. 1968 Listener 4 July 5/1 On top of all this there are the continuing constitutional negotiations. 1981 Sunday Express Mag. 2 Aug. /33 Lord Mackan has had a busy programme of special ceremonial events on top of his normal Household chores. 2000 R. Doyle in N. Hornby Speaking with Angel 163 So, I suppose, on top of everything else, my tiredness, the rows with the eldest—I suppose I'm just getting old, really. < as lemmas |
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