on the mountaintop
表示“在山顶”时,常用介词 on,强调在山顶的表面。
There is a small cabin on the mountaintop.
山顶上有一座小木屋。
山顶
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
山顶
the top of a mountain
There is a small cabin on the mountaintop.
山顶上有一座小木屋。
山的顶峰。
The summit of a mountain.
From the mountaintop, we could see the whole valley below.
从山顶上,我们可以看到下面的整个山谷。
The hikers reached the mountaintop just before sunrise.
徒步者们在日出前刚好到达了山顶。
Snow stays on the mountaintops long into the summer.
雪在山上会一直留到夏天很久。
表示“在山顶”时,常用介词 on,强调在山顶的表面。
There is a small cabin on the mountaintop.
山顶上有一座小木屋。
from the mountaintop 表示“从山顶(望去)”,常与 see、watch 等动词搭配。
From the mountaintop, we watched the sunrise.
我们从山顶观看日出。
reach 是及物动词,后面直接接地点名词,不加介词。
It took us three hours to reach the mountaintop.
我们花了三个小时才到达山顶。
Not this
We reached mountaintop before sunrise.
Use this
We reached the mountaintop before sunrise.
mountaintop 是可数名词单数,前面需要限定词(如 the)。中文没有冠词,学习者容易漏掉,加上 the 才符合英语名词短语规则。
Not this
They built a cabin in the mountaintop.
Use this
They built a cabin on the mountaintop.
受中文“在……上”的影响容易误用 in;mountaintop 指山顶表面,表示在表面之上应用介词 on,in 表示在立体空间内部。
Not this
This is one of the highest mountaintop in the country.
Use this
This is one of the highest mountaintops in the country.
one of 后接可数名词复数,mountaintop 的复数形式是 mountaintops,因此需要加 s 才能与 one of 的结构一致。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
从山顶看到的景色
The mountaintop view of the valley was gorgeous.
从山顶看到的山谷景色美极了。
到达山顶
We reached the mountaintop just before noon.
我们刚过中午就到达了山顶。
白雪覆盖的山顶
The snow-capped mountaintop can be seen from our window.
从我们的窗户可以看到白雪覆盖的山顶。
站在山顶
She stood on the mountaintop and looked down at the town.
她站在山顶俯瞰小镇。
山顶小屋
They booked a mountaintop cabin for the vacation.
他们为假期预订了一间山顶小屋。
巅峰体验;人生高峰时刻
Climbing Kilimanjaro was a real mountaintop experience for me.
攀登乞力马扎罗山对我来说真是一次人生巅峰体验。
已到过山顶(喻指已看到胜利曙光或达到崇高境界)
I've been to the mountaintop, and I know our cause will prevail.
我已到过山顶,我知道我们的事业必将胜利。
登上顶峰;达到终极目标
After decades of work, she finally reached the mountaintop in her field.
经过几十年的努力,她终于登上了自己领域的顶峰。
我到过山顶。
In his last speech, Martin Luther King Jr. said he had seen the promised land from the mountaintop.
在最后一次演讲中,马丁·路德·金说他从山顶看到了应许之地。
Use mountaintop naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想:mountain(山)+ top(顶)拼成 mountaintop,想象自己正站在山顶上,一览众山小。
语域:neutral 常见场景:登山、地理描述、旅游 该词通常用于日常或书面描述山的顶部,语气中性,口语和一般书面语中都比较常见;正式地理文献中更常用 summit 或 peak。
这些词都含有 -op/-top 拼写,读音为 /ɒp/。其中 top 和 stop 含完全相同的 -top 拼写;drop、hop、shop 以 -op 结尾但发音相同。注意 mountaintop 的重音在第一个音节,最后的 -top 为非重读音节,因此这些词并不是 mountaintop 的完美韵脚,但能帮助你熟悉相同的元音和尾音。hilltop 的节奏和 mountaintop 最接近。
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