top /tɒp/ CET4

• 1. 

  N-COUNT The top of something is its highest point or part. 顶端

  例：

  I waited at the top of the stairs.

  我在楼梯顶端上等着。

  例：

  ...the picture at the top of the page.

  …页端的图片。

• 2. 

  ADJ Top is also an adjective. 顶端的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  ...the top corner of the newspaper.

  …报纸顶端的一角。

• 3. 

  ADJ The top thing or layer in a series of things or layers is the highest one. 最上面的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  I can't reach the top shelf.

  我够不着最上面的架子。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT The top of something such as a bottle, jar, or tube is a cap, lid, or other device that fits or screws onto one end of it. (瓶、罐或软管等的) 盖子

  例：

  ...the plastic tops from soda bottles.

  …汽水瓶的塑料盖。

• 5. 

  N-SING The top of a street, garden, bed, or table is the end of it that is farthest away from where you usually enter it or from where you are. 尽头 [英国英语]

• 6. 

  N-COUNT A top is a piece of clothing that you wear on the upper half of your body, for example, a blouse or shirt. 上衣 [非正式]

  例：

  Look at my new top.

  看看我的新上衣。

• 7. 

  N a toy that is spun on its pointed base by a flick of the fingers, by pushing a handle at the top up and down, etc 陀螺

• 8. 

  ADJ You can use top to indicate that something or someone is at the highest level of a scale or measurement. 最高的; 最快的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  The vehicles have a top speed of 80 miles per hour.

  这些车的最高时速达80英里。

• 9. 

  N-SING The top of an organization or career structure is the highest level in it. 最高层

  例：

  We started from the bottom and we had to work our way up to the top.

  我们从最底层做起，必须奋斗到最高层。

  例：

  ...his dramatic rise to the top of the military hierarchy.

  …他戏剧性地晋升到军队的最高层。

• 10. 

  ADJ Top is also an adjective. 最高层的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  I need to have the top people in this company pull together.

  我需要把这家公司最高层的人员团结在一起。

• 11. 

  ADJ You can use top to describe the most important or famous people or things in a particular area of work or activity. 最重要的; 最著名的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  So you want to be a top model.

  如此说来，你想成为一名顶级名模。

• 12. 

  N-SING If someone is at the top of, for example, a table or league or is the top of the table or league, their performance is better than that of all the other people involved. 首位

  例：

  ...the golfer at the top of the leaderboard.

  …居积分榜首位的高尔夫球选手。

• 13. 

  ADJ Top is also an adjective. 居首位的

  例：

  He was the top student in physics.

  他是物理学尖子生。

• 14. 

  ADJ You can use top to indicate that something is the first thing you are going to do, because you consider it to be the most important. 最重要的

  例：

  Cleaning up the water supply is their top priority.

  清洗供水系统是他们的首要任务。

• 15. 

  ADJ You can use top to indicate that someone does a particular thing more times than anyone else or that something is chosen more times than anything else. 居首位的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  Jamillah Lang was Colorado's top scorer.

  贾米拉·兰是科罗拉多州得分最多的球员。