above

英 [ə\"bʌv] 美 [ə\"bʌv]

• 翻译

  prep. 超过；在……上面；在……之上

  adv. 在上面；在上文

  adj. 上文的

  n. 上文

英 [ə\"bʌv]||||||美 [ə\"bʌv]

A

prep. 超过；在……上面；在……之上

adv. 在上面；在上文

adj. 上文的

n. 上文

above 在上面

来自古英语onbufan, -uf同up.

above

above:

[OE] As in the case of

about

, the

a

- in

above

represents

on

and the -

b

- element represents

by

;

above

(Old English

abufan

) is a compound based on Old English

ufan

. This meant both ‘on top’a,n,d‘down from above’; it is related to

over

,a,n,dis probably descended from a hypothetical West Germanic ancestor *

ufana

, whose

uf

- element eventually became modern English

up

. So in a sense,

above

means ‘on by up’o,r‘on by over’.

=> by, on, up

above (adv.)

Old English

abufan

, earlier

onbufan

, from

on

(see on; also see a- (1)) +

bufan

\\\\\\\"over,\\\\\\\" compound of

be

\\\\\\\"by\\\\\\\" (see by) +

ufan

\\\\\\\"over/high,\\\\\\\" from Proto-Germanic

*ufan-

(cognates: Old Saxon, Old High German

oban

, German

oben

), from PIE root

*upo

(see up (adv.)). Meaning \\\\\\\"in addition\\\\\\\" first corded 1590s.

1. That big high-rise

above

us is where Brian lives.

我们上面的那座摩天大楼就是布赖恩住的地方。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Then there was a woman\\\\\\\"s voice, rising shrilly

above

the barking.

接着，一个女人的尖厉声音盖过了犬吠声。

来自柯林斯例句

3. He had to have one leg amputated

above

the knee.

他的一条腿不得不从膝部以上截断。

来自柯林斯例句

4. There was a drift of smoke

above

the trees.

树林上空飘浮着一股烟。

来自柯林斯例句

5. The hills rise greena,n,dsheer

above

the broad river.

这些小山碧绿陡峭，矗立在这条宽阔的河流之上。

来自柯林斯例句

1. over => above.
2. ab- + over => ov- + -e => above.