单词 | at top of |
释义 | > as lemmas†at (or †in) 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. < as lemmas |
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