on high

短语

在高处, 在天堂

发音

UK /ɒn ˈhaɪ/
AU
US /ɑn ˈhaɪ/

释义与例句

phr.
  1. 1.

    To a high position; or up in, or to, the sky; above.

  2. 2.

    Up in, or to, Heaven.

    文学 宗教
  3. 3.

    In authority, influence, or power.

    幽默

    According to those on high, taxes need to increase again.

词源

From Middle English on heigh, on an heigh (“in or into heaven; up to heaven”) [and other forms], from Old English on hēagum (“on high”); hēagum is an inflected form of hēah (“high; tall”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kewk- (“height; to elevate”). The English word is equivalent to on + high. Compare Dutch omhoog (“upwards, on high”), West Frisian omheech (“upwards”).

来源：wiktionary