| 单词 | atop of the house |
| 释义 | > as lemmasatop of the house f. atop of the house: in an uproar; in a state of excitement, passion, or rage. Now rare (regional in later use). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > [adverb] > in a state of excitement agogc1450 up1470 full scent1614 atop of the house?1651 astir1837 a-seethe1879 above oneself1890 ?1651 in B. Worden Rump Parl. (1977) xii. 245 If he [sc. Christopher Love] escape the whole presbyterian [interest] will be a-top of the House. 1673 tr. E. de Refuge Art of Complaisance 130 If any trick or foul play be offered, we are not to be presently a top on the house. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew at Boughs He is..a top of the House, of one upon the Rant, or in a great Ferment. 1707 C. Cibber Lady's Last Stake iv. ii. 53 Some Women wou'd ha' been a-top of the House by this time, if they had only heard of their Lover's common Civility to another. 1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. 123 If you says anything to him he's up-a-top-of-the-house drackly minut. 1905 A. C. Inchbold Let. Killeth 84 But ye should mind the lad's that hot-headed he gets atop of the house. < as lemmas |
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