单词 | topsides |
释义 | > as lemmastopsides On the top. Also figurative. Frequently with reference to the upper deck of a ship. Also, to the top, and in form topsides. colloquial. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [adverb] aloft?a1400 topside1899 up top1917 1873 C. G. Leland Egyptian Sketch-bk. 89 Will the big nigger sit..top-side of the carriage, or on the locomotive? 1898 Westm. Gaz. 29 Sept. 2/3 Straining every nerve to keep ‘top-side’ in China. 1899 F. T. Bullen Way Navy 85 All the privileges attaching to those who work ‘topside’ in a ship of war. 1946 P. Carter in Aldiss & Harrison Decade 40s (1975) 115 Chief [Navigator] Schmidt..relayed data topside. 1971 H. T. Walden Anchorage Northeast i. 27 While the ferry awaited its capacity load of eight vehicles a band topsides serenaded the passengers with martial airs. 1976 L. Sanders Hamlet Warning (1977) ii. xix. 164 On the third level below the main deck, they met four men..fleeing topside in panic. 1977 New Yorker 15 Aug. 54/3 I bring two of the sandwiches topside. 1978 Guardian Weekly 2 Apr. 24/5 A carrion crow..who, though damaged, can get top-sides of the noisy pack of gulls who winter near here. < as lemmas |
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