喜樂美語

Think of a pile with one thing sitting on the very top of it. That top spot can be read in two ways: it is the best thing in the pile, and it is also as high as the pile goes. Both uses of the word take one of those two readings, and the position in the sentence tells you which.

tops 可以想成「一疊東西，最上面那一個」。最上面這個位置有兩種讀法：它是這疊裡最好的一個，同時也是這疊的高度極限。這個字的兩個意思，各拿走其中一種讀法；至於是哪一種，看它在句子裡站的位置就知道。

From the word’s history

Wiktionary gives the origin, hedged, as likely top plus a colloquial -s — not the plural or verb ending it looks like.

Wiktionary 用了「很可能」這個保留的說法：tops 大概是 top 加上一個帶口語味道的 -s，不是它看起來的那個名詞複數或動詞字尾。

Wiktionary, "tops"

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同家族的字

意思相近

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意思相反

the worstat leastpoorminimum

原始詞典資料7 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

topsadv/tɒps/

  • 1

    informalAt the very most; as a maximum.

    • Your essay should be two pages, tops.

topsadj/tɒps/

  • 1

    datedslangGreat; excellent.

    • This is tops for a musical. Popular with the audience.
    • Everyone who has ever eaten a torte loves it. It is tops in the dessert field.

topsnoun/tɒps/

  • 1

    dartsgamesThe uppermost field of a dartboard; the double-20 field

    • Scoring 38 more points leaves him with tops for the win.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。