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above

英 [ə'bʌv] 美[ə'bʌv]
  • prep. 超过;在……上面;在……之上
  • adv. 在上面;在上文
  • adj. 上文的
  • n. 上文

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助记提示


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

中文词源


above 在上面

来自古英语onbufan, -uf同up.

英文词源


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’ and ‘down from above’; it is related to over, and is 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’ or ‘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.

双语例句


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。

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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。

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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。

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4. There was a drift of smoke above the trees.
树林上空飘浮着一股烟。

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5. The hills rise green and sheer above the broad river.
这些小山碧绿陡峭,矗立在这条宽阔的河流之上。

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