atopadv.prep.

Brit.

/əˈtɒp/, U.S.

/əˈtɑp/

Etymology: a prep.¹ + top n.¹ and adj.; formerly written divisim.

A. adv.

a. On or at the top, above.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > high position > [adverb] > at or on the top

aloft?1440

acop1612

atop1653

apically1870

1653 Perfect Diurnall No. 160. 2412 (advt.) Two troting Geldings stoln... One of them black, about 14 hand high, 9 yeers old,..pitch marked on the shoulder with W and A atop.

1779 in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 69 534 A black mass a-top, and a metallic mass at bottom.

1853 M. Arnold Sohrab & Rustum in Poems (new ed.) 19 From the fluted spine atop a plume Of horsehair wav'd.

b. followed by of.

ΚΠ

1672 W. Penn Spirit of Truth Vindicated 120 Set atop of Christ, that is, over His Head.

1709 S. Centlivre Busie Body iv. ii. 48 You are a top of the House, and you are down in the Cellar.

1883 W. Sikes in Harper's Mag. Feb. 349/1 A round hole in the greensward atop of the cliff.

B. prep. [by omission of of.]

On the top of.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > high position > high upon [preposition] > on the top of

atop1658

1658 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 2nd Pt. 185 Float a top the waves.

1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. To Rdr. sig. A6^v Sideways, not under or a-top the Spear.

a1864 N. Hawthorne Amer. Note-bks. (1879) I. 179 Rushing atop the waves.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	atop
释义	atopadv.prep. Brit. /əˈtɒp/, U.S. /əˈtɑp/ Etymology: a prep.¹ + top n.¹ and adj.; formerly written divisim. A. adv. a. On or at the top, above. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > high position > [adverb] > at or on the top aloft?1440 acop1612 atop1653 apically1870 1653 Perfect Diurnall No. 160. 2412 (advt.) Two troting Geldings stoln... One of them black, about 14 hand high, 9 yeers old,..pitch marked on the shoulder with W and A atop. 1779 in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 69 534 A black mass a-top, and a metallic mass at bottom. 1853 M. Arnold Sohrab & Rustum in Poems (new ed.) 19 From the fluted spine atop a plume Of horsehair wav'd. b. followed by of. ΚΠ 1672 W. Penn Spirit of Truth Vindicated 120 Set atop of Christ, that is, over His Head. 1709 S. Centlivre Busie Body iv. ii. 48 You are a top of the House, and you are down in the Cellar. 1883 W. Sikes in Harper's Mag. Feb. 349/1 A round hole in the greensward atop of the cliff. B. prep. [by omission of of.] On the top of. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > high position > high upon [preposition] > on the top of atop1658 1658 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 2nd Pt. 185 Float a top the waves. 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. To Rdr. sig. A6^v Sideways, not under or a-top the Spear. a1864 N. Hawthorne Amer. Note-bks. (1879) I. 179 Rushing atop the waves. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.prep.1653
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