topmost

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /tɒpˈməʊst/    美 /tɑpˈmoʊst/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. At or nearest to the top; uppermost; being the very highest. not-comparable
    — Well! well! ^([sic]) cried I, as the coachman turn’d in at the gates, I find I shall do very well : and by the time he had wheel’d round the court, and brought me up to the door, I found myself so much the better for my own lecture, that I neither ascended the steps like a victim to justice, who was to part with life upon the topmost, nor did I mount them with a skip and a couple of strides, as I do when I fly up, Eliza! to thee, to meet it.
  2. Of greatest status, esteem, or prestige; best. figuratively,not-comparable
    — If Aeschylus’ art at its topmost excellence is to be seen only in the trilogy of indissolubly connected parts, it is not true, as is sometimes maintained, that his art is to be judged exclusively on the basis of the three-part drama.

词形变化

top-most alternative

词汇关系

相关词
leftmost rightmost

词源

Etymology tree
English top
Proto-Germanic *-umô
Proto-Indo-European *-yōs
Proto-Indo-European *-tHós
Proto-Indo-European *-istHos
Proto-Germanic *-istaz
Proto-Germanic *-umistaz
Old English -mest
Middle English -mest
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Middle English [Term?]influ.
Middle English -most
English -most
English topmost
From top + -most.
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