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atop adv.在顶上prep.在 ... 的顶上 (1) 这张照片里我们站在高山顶上。(2) 有一只海鸥停歇在桅杆上。 The word atop is somewhat old fashioned, but it's still a good way to describe being at the very top of something. You might live atop of the highest hill in town, or enjoy looking out your window to watch birds land atop of the garage. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the word was spelled with a hyphen: a-top. It took its current form, atop, in the nineteenth century.

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英 [ə'tɒp] 美 [ə'tɑːp] (1) The picture shows us atop a high hill.(2) There is a seagull perched atop the mast. Use the adverb atop when something is on the top of something else. You could say, for example, "I'm standing atop of the chicken coop, getting ready to jump in that pile of leaves." 1[PREP 介词]在…顶上；在…上面 If something is atop something else, it is on top of it.   [AM； also BRIT 美；亦英]  [LITERARY 文]Under the newspaper, atop a sheet of paper, lay an envelope.在报纸下面的一张纸上放着一个信封。

英语单词	atop
英美音标	英 [ə'tɒp] 美 [ə'tɑːp]
中文释义	adv.在顶上 prep.在 ... 的顶上
英语例句	(1) The picture shows us atop a high hill. (2) There is a seagull perched atop the mast.
中文例句	(1) 这张照片里我们站在高山顶上。 (2) 有一只海鸥停歇在桅杆上。
vocabulary简明	Use the adverb atop when something is on the top of something else. You could say, for example, "I'm standing atop of the chicken coop, getting ready to jump in that pile of leaves."
vocabulary扩展	The word atop is somewhat old fashioned, but it's still a good way to describe being at the very top of something. You might live atop of the highest hill in town, or enjoy looking out your window to watch birds land atop of the garage. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the word was spelled with a hyphen: a-top. It took its current form, atop, in the nineteenth century.
柯林斯解释	1 [PREP 介词]在…顶上；在…上面 If something is atop something else, it is on top of it. [AM； also BRIT 美；亦英] [LITERARY 文] Under the newspaper, atop a sheet of paper, lay an envelope. 在报纸下面的一张纸上放着一个信封。

Atop Top Word 英 ə'Tɒp] 美 ə'Tɑːp Adv.在顶上 Prep.在