above
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’ 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.
- 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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