单词 | at the top |
释义 | > as lemmasat the top g. at the top: in a position of power, authority, or dominance.Cf. sense A. 32b and room at the top at room n.1 and int. Phrases 9, it's tough at the top at Phrases 6q.In quot. 1641 as part of an extended metaphor. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [phrase] in powerc1325 in authoritya1475 at the top1936 up top1967 1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 13 Settling in a skinny congealment of ease and sloth at the top. 1844 R. W. Emerson Ess. 2nd Ser. iv. 85 A new class finds itself at the top, as certainly as cream rises in a bowl of milk. 1936 G. B. Shaw Millionairess i, in Simpleton, Six, & Millionairess 145 That's what keeps him at the top in the city. 2015 B. Stanley Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! (U.S. ed.) xlvii. 417 Madonna used the best young producers..to get to the top and stay at the top. < as lemmas |
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