topper

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n. 第一流的人物, 高档的东西, 胜过以前同类物的东西, 大礼帽, 轻便大衣 [经] 高档货

发音

UK /ˈtɒpə/
US /ˈtɑpɚ/
AU /ˈtɔpə/

词形变化

toppers 复数 toppers

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Something that is on top.

  2. 2.

    A top hat.

  3. 3.

    Something that exceeds those previous in a series, as a joke or prank.

    In his latest standup set, his topper is a callback to the dog bowl story.

  4. 4.

    A short outer jacket worn by women or children.

    美国
  5. 5.

    A soft, relatively thin, piece of padding placed on top of a mattress, or forming the upper layer of a mattress.

  6. 6.

    The student who achieves the highest score in an examination.

    印度
  7. 7.

    The head or chief of an organization.

    非正式
  8. 8.

    A person or tool that cuts off the top of something.

  9. 9.

    One who tops steel ingots.

  10. 10.

    A single-handed dinghy, 11 foot (3.6 metres) in length, with only one sail.

  11. 11.

    Tobacco left in the bottom of a pipe bowl; so called from being often taken out and placed on top of the newly filled bowl.

    过时 俚语

    One man was faithful to his pipe, and kept / Despair and deeper misery at bay, / By seeking ever for a "topper," dropped / From some spurned pipe, but that he could not find; […]

  12. 12.

    A fine or remarkable thing or person.

    过时 俚语
  13. 13.

    A blow on the head.

    过时 俚语
  14. 14.

    A small secondary comic strip seen along with a larger Sunday strip, and usually by the same author.

  15. 15.

    A pencil sharpener.

    爱尔兰
  16. 16.

    A three-square float, or file, used by comb-makers.

  17. 17.

    Ellipsis of hair topper.

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词源

From Middle English toppor, equivalent to top + -er.

来源:wiktionary