Word · Frequency #29634
toppers
装顶工人；加顶工人
toppers is the plural of topper.
a worker who makes or adds the top to something
- 1.
Something that is on top.
顶部之物
- 2.
A top hat.
高顶礼帽
- 3.
Something that exceeds those previous in a series, as a joke or prank.
更胜一筹的事物(如笑话)
- 4.
A soft, relatively thin, piece of padding placed on top of a mattress, or forming the upper layer of a mattress.
床垫顶层薄垫
- 5.
A person or tool that cuts off the top of something.
切顶者；切顶工具
- 6.
One who tops steel ingots.
钢锭切顶工
- 7.
A single-handed dinghy, 11 foot (3.6 metres) in length, with only one sail.
11英尺单帆小艇
- 8.
A three-square float, or file, used by comb-makers.
梳子制造用的三角锉
- 9.
A small secondary comic strip seen along with a larger Sunday strip, and usually by the same author.
周日漫画副刊小漫画
去顶工人；切顶工人；绝妙的俏皮话；空前绝后的妙语；顶部之物；高顶礼帽；更胜一筹的事物(如笑话)
In use
After everyone had told their funniest jokes, one guest delivered a topper that made the whole room laugh.
I thought my pun about the baker was clever, but my friend's reply was an even better topper.
The first speech ended with a joke, yet the next speaker came up with a topper that everyone remembered.
a topper
He wore a black topper to the wedding.
指大礼帽或出色的人/物，可数名词。
the topper
The topper on the cake was beautiful.
特指某物上的装饰顶部。
be a topper
Connections
Collocations
- silk topper
- 丝绸大礼帽
- He wore a black silk topper to the wedding.他戴着黑色丝绸大礼帽参加婚礼。
- class topper
- 班级第一名
- She was the class topper in mathematics.她是数学班级第一名。
- exam topper
- 考试第一名
- He is the exam topper this year.他是今年的考试第一名。
- cake topper
- 蛋糕装饰
- They ordered a custom cake topper for the birthday.他们为生日定制了蛋糕装饰。
- topper coat
- 轻便大衣
- She wore a stylish topper coat over her dress.她在连衣裙外面穿了一件时髦的轻便大衣。
- topper hat
- 大礼帽
Learner notes
Memory Tip
词根 top（顶）加 -per，联想高顶礼帽（top hat）盖在头顶：它既是最上面的“顶部之物”，也指比前面更胜一筹的笑话。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：home furnishings、bedding retail、online product listings topper 作‘床垫顶层薄垫’解时，多用于家居、床上用品和网购场景，常以 mattress topper 的形式出现；属于中性表达，日常使用和商品描述中都比较常见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 topper /ˈtɔpə/ 押韵的有 copper /ˈkɔpə/、chopper /ˈtʃɔpə/、shopper /ˈʃɔpə/、stopper /ˈstɔpə/、popper /ˈpɔpə/、proper /ˈprɔpə/（proper 拼写不是双写 p）。拼写相似的 taper /ˈteɪpə/、toper /ˈtəʊpə/、supper /ˈsʌpə/、upper /ˈʌpə/ 发音不同，不押韵。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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