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单词 top off
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to top off
to top off
Originally U.S.
1.
a. transitive. To add the final element to the top of (a structure); (now) spec. to put the final, highest structural feature on (a building), typically as a ceremony marking the building's completion; = to top out 1 at Phrasal verbs. Cf. topping-off ceremony.
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the world > space > relative position > high position > set in a high position [verb (transitive)] > occupy or form the top of > furnish with a top
crownc1430
crestc1440
encrown1486
head1530
top1581
increst1611
1787 M. Cutler Jrnl. 7 July in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) I. 231 Her hair in front is craped at least a foot high,..and topped off with a wire skeleton in the same form covered with black gauze.
1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville I. 162 The chiefs leading the van, the braves following in a long line, painted and decorated, and topped off with fluttering plumes.
1970 Micronesian Reporter 18 41/3 September 1965 to September 1966 was the big year for building; the administration building was topped off and the campus took its present form.
2017 @evanpetes 24 Aug. in twitter.com (accessed 31 Mar. 2022) The @Bucks president takes the podium and address[es] media and workers. Thanks crews for work. Get ready to top off the roof.
b. intransitive. colloquial. To finish or conclude something, esp. in a fitting, memorable or notable way. Frequently with with. Cf. to top it all off.
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the world > action or operation > completing > complete or conclude action [verb (intransitive)]
enda1340
finisha1400
conclude1526
to get through1589
get1594
dispatcha1616
to shut up1626
to wind up1631
finale1797
to top off1836
to top up1837
through1894
to roll up1963
the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > be at an end [verb (intransitive)] > make an end, finish up, or conclude
have done!c1300
conclude1526
dispatcha1616
period1628
finale1797
to wind up1825
to wind (up) one's pirna1835
to top off1836
finish1878
finalize1922
to drop the flag1925
1815 Columbian Reg. (New Haven, Connecticut) 2 Oct. Fine breakfast—nothing wanting but a little pumpkin pye to top off with.
1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxv. 268 We had the usual south-easter entertainment,..and finally topped off with a drenching rain of three or four hours.
1870 Daily News 6 Oct. 6/3 Then you..find the inmates of another room topping off with chocolate or coffee.
1966 F. Leiber Night of Wolf 95 ‘Nothing like a few nuts to top off with,’ he said cheerfully.
2017 Guardian (Nexis) 13 June (Football section) We just want to top off with a win.
c. transitive. colloquial. To put the finishing touches to (something); spec. to provide a fitting or memorable conclusion to (a meal or other activity or process).
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the world > action or operation > completing > complete (an action or piece of work) [verb (transitive)] > put the finishing touch to
fine1387
crown1509
finish1551
to top out1834
top1892
1823 Christian Intelligencer June 114 Conversions or miraculous regenerations, Election and Reprobation, all topped off by the still more horrid..doctrine of the inconceivably great and never ending torments..of the whole family of Adam.
1872 O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakfast-table ii He has topped off his home training with a..foreign finish.
1927 Jrnl. Farm Econ. 9 212 I ate a good square meal and topped it off with as good a piece of raspberry pie as I ever ate.
2016 Time Out Hong Kong 18 May 39/2 For lunch, try the steamed dumpling delights or the deep-fried crab parcels, all topped off with a classic Chinese pancake with chestnut paste.
2018 York Press (Nexis) 1 Dec. To top the job off, Bobby persisted in his search through thick brambles and bracken, and found one of the suspects hiding.
2. transitive and intransitive. To enhance or alter the effect of (a dye) by the application of another; to supplement or finish (a dyeing process) with a particular dye.
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1854 T. Love Art of Cleaning, Dyeing, Scouring, & Finishing iv. 239 Top off the cinnamon with a little fustic liquor, and orchil (half a pint), heated to a hand-heat.
1916 L. A. Flemming Pract. Tanning (ed. 3) 208 Applying first fustic and logwood, then acid dyestuff and topping off with basic dye is one of the best methods of obtaining tan and golden-brown shades that can be used.
1942 P. I. Smith Princ. & Processes Light Leather Manuf. xi. 243 Some tanners top off the basic dye with a little acid dye and then use the bichromate. They claim that a faster and richer color results.
1989 Technol. & Culture July 619 It had always been thought that dyeing fast blacks by first dyeing the fabric with indigo, then topping off with a red and then a yellow, was a method that had been developed in late-17th-century France.
3. Chiefly North American.
a. transitive. To complete or fill up (a load, cargo, etc.). Cf. to top out 2 at Phrasal verbs.
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1881 Daily Evening Bull. (San Francisco) 18 Jan. 3/2 For an occasional hundred ton lot to top off cargo they have no alternative but to pay what may be asked.
1957 Aircraft Equipment Loans & Capital Gains: Hearings before Comm. Interstate & Foreign Commerce (U.S. House of Representatives, 85th Congr., 1st Sess.) 31 Operating at 100 percent load factor on good segments would involve standby passengers so as to top off loads.
2001 Guelph (Ont., Canada) Mercury (Nexis) 30 Jan. a8 We added one pallet load of pommelloes..five pallets of oranges and eight cases of mushrooms topped off our load.
b. intransitive. Of a ship, aircraft, etc.: to take on additional cargo or (less commonly) passengers in order to carry a full load. Frequently with with.Sometimes, esp. with aircraft, specifically with reference to the practice of a cargo carrier taking on passengers or vice versa (see quot. 1961, cf. top-off adj.).
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society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > be transported by water [verb (intransitive)] > load > fill up or complete cargo
to top off1937
to top out1940
society > travel > air or space travel > transport by air > transport through the air [verb (intransitive)] > fill up or complete cargo
to top off1961
1908 Daily News Standard (Uniontown, Pa.) 17 Nov. 5/2 He made the common mistake of topping off with a cargo of rum.
1937 G. S. Doorly In Wake 22 A tramp steamer..called in to the Gulf to top-off with sugar.
1961 Aeroplane 100 761/2 Since the passenger carriers..‘top-off’ with cargo, it..seems fair and reasonable to permit the all-cargo carriers to carry cargo and to ‘top-off’ with passengers.
2010 Idaho Business Rev. (Nexis) 29 Nov. We try to top off when we can and we're a little more conservative with target windows in winter, maybe even delivering before they hit the reorder point.
4. transitive. U.S. colloquial. To fill up (a partly full tank) with fuel. Later also with reference to any partly full container, often a drinking vessel. Cf. to top up 2a.Sometimes also with the driver of a vehicle, person drinking from a glass, etc., as object (e.g. quot. 1943).
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society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > chemical fuel > [verb (transitive)] > supply with liquid fuel
petrol1902
refuel1918
to tank up1933
to top off1943
lox1961
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > testing, servicing, and storage of motor vehicles > test, service and store motor vehicles [verb (transitive)] > supply with petrol
gas1918
refuel1973
to tank up1978
to top off1979
1929 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 24 Oct. 43/1 When ‘topping off’ the tank at the end of the loading period the ship's captain can telephone in to the gate house.
1943 F. J. Bell Condition Red 16 There'll be a fuel barge alongside some time tonight to top us off.
1979 Farmington (New Mexico) Daily Times 27 May 3 c/6 If everyone in New Mexico topped off their tank, that would use about 10 million gallons of gasoline.
1990 J. Wambaugh Golden Orange i. 15 Winnie sat at the bar topping off his giant thermos with Spoon's hot rum.
2018 Chicago Daily Herald (Nexis) 10 Aug. (Auto section) 1 Expect an impressive range of 560 miles when fully charged and the 11.4-gallon tank topped off with regular, unleaded, 87-octane fuel.
5. intransitive. To reach an upper limit or greatest extent; = to top out 4.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (intransitive)] > to highest degree > reach highest degree of increase
to grow to a head1579
to gather to a heada1616
to come to a head1655
culminatea1662
climax1882
to reach a crescendo1925
to top off1970
to top out1972
1936 Charleston (W. Virginia) Daily Mail 16 May 1/1 The two motor leaders act heavy and as if they had their rally and were topping off. Anaconda was also heavy. On the other hand United States Rubber issues were strong.
1970 Toronto Daily Star 24 Sept. 4/2 If wage rates show signs of topping off, the Cabinet can face Parliament.
1976 Survey Spring 60 The progressive character of the scale tops off at 3 per cent of earnings for any income over 300 R/mo.
2006 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 1 Oct. v. 14/1 Henley, Matilda and Althea are Babydolls, miniature sheep that top off at 2 feet.
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to top off
1. transitive. = tope v.2 1; to top off, to drink off, quaff; cf. tip off (tip v.2 5).
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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (transitive)] > drink up or off
swap?1507
swingea1529
drink1535
uphalec1540
toss1568
trill off?1589
snapa1592
to toss offa1592
to turn down1593
to top off1598
drain1604
to take off1613
outdrinka1631
whip1639
swoop1648
epote1657
to fetch off1657
ebibe1689
fetch1691
to tip off1699
to sweep off1707
tip1784
to turn over1796
1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Adelphi i. ii, in Terence in Eng. 274 It's no heinous offence..for a young man to hunt harlots, to toppe of a canne roundly.
1690 T. D'Urfey Collin's Walk i. 41 This said, they top'd off t'other quart.
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