英语词汇“on top of”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. on top of.

(a) Also †at (or †in) top of: at the highest point of, or on the uppermost part or surface of.The use with at is now colloquial or regional.

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?1518 A. Barclay Fyfte Eglog sig. a.v On toppe of the chymnaye, there is an hepe of snowe.

1561 J. Heywood tr. Seneca Hercules Furens i. sig. C3 In top of bow doth sit with chauntyng song,..The nightingale.

1656 A. Cowley Davideis iii. 89 in Poems Some lead the groaning waggons, loaded high, With stuff, on top of which the Maidens ly.

1727 A. Motte Treat. Mech. Powers ii. 141 In common Jacks used for dressing Meat, there is added a Fly at top of the Spindle.

1870 D. Rock Textile Fabrics (S. Kensington Mus.) Introd. p. cxliii At top of and all along the travers ran the minstrel-gallery.

1895 Westm. Gaz. 2 Mar. 9/2 There was not a mountain in Scotland on top of which he had not been.

1958 I. Vaughan Diary 7 There are big houses with gardens..they are the only ones getting watter in a furrow from the big dam at top of the street.

2002 J. Mercurio Bodies (2003) 30 I lie on top of the bedcovers but I can't sleep.

(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).

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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.

(c) In very close proximity to; too close to.Frequently with reference to crowded living conditions (see quot. 1947).

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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > in/into one place, company, or mass [phrase] > crowded together

in pressa1450

as thick as hops1590

1841 Morning Post 13 July In the Court the ruffian mob, crowded on top of one another, amused themselves groaning, hooting, and cheering.

1947 A. L. Rowse Tudor Cornwall xvi. 434 There was little privacy, for they lived on top of one another.

1955 M. Allingham Beckoning Lady iv. 55 None of us saw her until she was right on top of us.

1977 M. Allen Spence in Petal Park xxxiii. 158 He still lives in Downsea. Near enough for me to babysit but not so close that we're on top of him.

1994 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 3 Apr. (Final ed.) b7 After living on top of the Garden State Parkway with cars whizzing by and all the noise, I thought this would be a nice change.

2014 Western Morning News (Nexis) 30 Nov. There was a huge roaring fire, leather sofas, and a dining area that was just cosy enough to be friendly, but not so you felt on top of each other.

(d) In control of a person or thing; in the position of being able to manage or deal with something, esp. a difficult or overwhelming situation.

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society > authority > control > in control or charge [phrase]

to be in the saddle1581

in the driver's seat1860

in the driving seat1947

1899 G. A. Etchison tr. L. Marholm Stud. Psychol. Women 285 She has a certain practical, coarse ability for keeping on top of life.

1952 M. Allingham Tiger in Smoke x. 167 This time there was..no faltering. He was on top of himself and them.

1977 ‘A. York’ Tallant for Trouble vi. 87 He really felt he was getting on top of the situation.

2002 P. Augar & J. Palmer Rise Player Manager vi. 122 I was on top of every practical problem in the team.

(e) on top of a person: difficult or burdensome for a person. Chiefly in to get on top of a person: to overwhelm a person; to cause a person to feel stressed, harassed, or unable to cope.

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the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > harass [verb (transitive)]

tawc893

ermec897

swencheOE

besetOE

bestandc1000

teenOE

baitc1175

grieve?c1225

war?c1225

noyc1300

pursuec1300

travailc1300

to work (also do) annoyc1300

tribula1325

worka1325

to hold wakenc1330

chase1340

twistc1374

wrap1380

cumbera1400

harrya1400

vexc1410

encumber1413

inquiet1413

molest?a1425

course1466

persecutec1475

trouble1489

sturt1513

hare1523

hag1525

hale1530

exercise1531

to grate on or upon1532

to hold or keep waking1533

infest1533

scourge1540

molestate1543

pinch1548

trounce1551

to shake upa1556

tire1558

moila1560

pester1566

importune1578

hunt1583

moider1587

bebait1589

commacerate1596

bepester1600

ferret1600

harsell1603

hurry1611

gall1614

betoil1622

weary1633

tribulatea1637

harass1656

dun1659

overharry1665

worry1671

haul1678

to plague the life out of1746

badger1782

hatchel1800

worry1811

bedevil1823

devil1823

victimize1830

frab1848

mither1848

to pester the life out of1848

haik1855

beplague1870

chevy1872

obsede1876

to get on ——1880

to load up with1880

tail-twist1898

hassle1901

heckle1920

snooter1923

hassle1945

to breathe down (the back of) (someone's) neck1946

to bust (a person's) chops1953

noodge1960

monster1967

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > make dejected [verb (transitive)]

drearya1300

discomfortc1325

batec1380

to cast downa1382

to throw downa1382

dullc1386

faintc1386

discomfita1425

discourage1436

sinkc1440

mischeera1450

discheerc1454

amatea1500

bedowa1522

damp1548

quail1548

dash1550

exanimate1552

afflict1561

dank1565

disanimate1565

sadden1565

languish1566

deject1581

dumpc1585

unheart1593

mope1596

chill1597

sour1600

disgallant1601

disheart1603

dishearten1606

fainten1620

depress1624

sullen1628

tristitiate1628

disliven1631

dampen1633

weigh1640

out-spirit1643

dispirit1647

flat1649

funeralize1654

hearta1658

disencourage1659

attrist1680

flatten1683

dismalizec1735

blue-devil1812

out-heart1845

downweigh1851

to get down1861

frigidize1868

languor1891

downcast1914

neg1987

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [phrase] > burdensome to

on top of a person1915

1915 A. T. Hemingway How to make Good i. 13 Excessive fatigue must be avoided. Under it you cannot have good self-control...Do not let your work get ‘on top of you’.

1928 Lockhart (Texas) Post-Reg. 5 Jan. I really felt..things were getting on top of me.

1972 M. Barnes & J. Berke Two Accts. Journey through Madness i. 28 Isolated, overcome, and unable to cope, I would feel everything was on top of me.

2021 Irish Daily Mail (Nexis) 10 Aug. 34 I'm not, by nature, a worrier. But other stresses were starting to get on top of me.

单词	on top of
释义	> as lemmas on top of b. on top of. (a) Also †at (or †in) top of: at the highest point of, or on the uppermost part or surface of.The use with at is now colloquial or regional. ΚΠ ?1518 A. Barclay Fyfte Eglog sig. a.v On toppe of the chymnaye, there is an hepe of snowe. 1561 J. Heywood tr. Seneca Hercules Furens i. sig. C3 In top of bow doth sit with chauntyng song,..The nightingale. 1656 A. Cowley Davideis iii. 89 in Poems Some lead the groaning waggons, loaded high, With stuff, on top of which the Maidens ly. 1727 A. Motte Treat. Mech. Powers ii. 141 In common Jacks used for dressing Meat, there is added a Fly at top of the Spindle. 1870 D. Rock Textile Fabrics (S. Kensington Mus.) Introd. p. cxliii At top of and all along the travers ran the minstrel-gallery. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 2 Mar. 9/2 There was not a mountain in Scotland on top of which he had not been. 1958 I. Vaughan Diary 7 There are big houses with gardens..they are the only ones getting watter in a furrow from the big dam at top of the street. 2002 J. Mercurio Bodies (2003) 30 I lie on top of the bedcovers but I can't sleep. (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. (c) In very close proximity to; too close to.Frequently with reference to crowded living conditions (see quot. 1947). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > in/into one place, company, or mass [phrase] > crowded together in pressa1450 as thick as hops1590 1841 Morning Post 13 July In the Court the ruffian mob, crowded on top of one another, amused themselves groaning, hooting, and cheering. 1947 A. L. Rowse Tudor Cornwall xvi. 434 There was little privacy, for they lived on top of one another. 1955 M. Allingham Beckoning Lady iv. 55 None of us saw her until she was right on top of us. 1977 M. Allen Spence in Petal Park xxxiii. 158 He still lives in Downsea. Near enough for me to babysit but not so close that we're on top of him. 1994 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 3 Apr. (Final ed.) b7 After living on top of the Garden State Parkway with cars whizzing by and all the noise, I thought this would be a nice change. 2014 Western Morning News (Nexis) 30 Nov. There was a huge roaring fire, leather sofas, and a dining area that was just cosy enough to be friendly, but not so you felt on top of each other. (d) In control of a person or thing; in the position of being able to manage or deal with something, esp. a difficult or overwhelming situation. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > in control or charge [phrase] to be in the saddle1581 in the driver's seat1860 in the driving seat1947 1899 G. A. Etchison tr. L. Marholm Stud. Psychol. Women 285 She has a certain practical, coarse ability for keeping on top of life. 1952 M. Allingham Tiger in Smoke x. 167 This time there was..no faltering. He was on top of himself and them. 1977 ‘A. York’ Tallant for Trouble vi. 87 He really felt he was getting on top of the situation. 2002 P. Augar & J. Palmer Rise Player Manager vi. 122 I was on top of every practical problem in the team. (e) on top of a person: difficult or burdensome for a person. Chiefly in to get on top of a person: to overwhelm a person; to cause a person to feel stressed, harassed, or unable to cope. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > harass [verb (transitive)] tawc893 ermec897 swencheOE besetOE bestandc1000 teenOE baitc1175 grieve?c1225 war?c1225 noyc1300 pursuec1300 travailc1300 to work (also do) annoyc1300 tribula1325 worka1325 to hold wakenc1330 chase1340 twistc1374 wrap1380 cumbera1400 harrya1400 vexc1410 encumber1413 inquiet1413 molest?a1425 course1466 persecutec1475 trouble1489 sturt1513 hare1523 hag1525 hale1530 exercise1531 to grate on or upon1532 to hold or keep waking1533 infest1533 scourge1540 molestate1543 pinch1548 trounce1551 to shake upa1556 tire1558 moila1560 pester1566 importune1578 hunt1583 moider1587 bebait1589 commacerate1596 bepester1600 ferret1600 harsell1603 hurry1611 gall1614 betoil1622 weary1633 tribulatea1637 harass1656 dun1659 overharry1665 worry1671 haul1678 to plague the life out of1746 badger1782 hatchel1800 worry1811 bedevil1823 devil1823 victimize1830 frab1848 mither1848 to pester the life out of1848 haik1855 beplague1870 chevy1872 obsede1876 to get on ——1880 to load up with1880 tail-twist1898 hassle1901 heckle1920 snooter1923 hassle1945 to breathe down (the back of) (someone's) neck1946 to bust (a person's) chops1953 noodge1960 monster1967 the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > make dejected [verb (transitive)] drearya1300 discomfortc1325 batec1380 to cast downa1382 to throw downa1382 dullc1386 faintc1386 discomfita1425 discourage1436 sinkc1440 mischeera1450 discheerc1454 amatea1500 bedowa1522 damp1548 quail1548 dash1550 exanimate1552 afflict1561 dank1565 disanimate1565 sadden1565 languish1566 deject1581 dumpc1585 unheart1593 mope1596 chill1597 sour1600 disgallant1601 disheart1603 dishearten1606 fainten1620 depress1624 sullen1628 tristitiate1628 disliven1631 dampen1633 weigh1640 out-spirit1643 dispirit1647 flat1649 funeralize1654 hearta1658 disencourage1659 attrist1680 flatten1683 dismalizec1735 blue-devil1812 out-heart1845 downweigh1851 to get down1861 frigidize1868 languor1891 downcast1914 neg1987 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [phrase] > burdensome to on top of a person1915 1915 A. T. Hemingway How to make Good i. 13 Excessive fatigue must be avoided. Under it you cannot have good self-control...Do not let your work get ‘on top of you’. 1928 Lockhart (Texas) Post-Reg. 5 Jan. I really felt..things were getting on top of me. 1972 M. Barnes & J. Berke Two Accts. Journey through Madness i. 28 Isolated, overcome, and unable to cope, I would feel everything was on top of me. 2021 Irish Daily Mail (Nexis) 10 Aug. 34 I'm not, by nature, a worrier. But other stresses were starting to get on top of me. extracted from topn.¹adj. < as lemmas
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