top是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 顶， 顶端； 首位； 顶点a. 最高的； 顶上的，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- As Mr Brass and Miss Sally looked up to ascertain the cause, the top sash was nimbly lowered from without, and Quilp thrust in his head.
-- cried the single gentleman gruffly, eyeing him from top to toe.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《复活》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- A fine-looking lackey in dress coat and white gloves looked down from the top of the stairs.
-- The rioter was drying near the oven some rags which served for swaddling cloths, while the child, in the hands of the blue-eyed Theodosia, was crying at the top of its lungs, the woman lulling it in a gentle voice.
-- In order to be heard, it was necessary to shout at the top of one's voice.
-- Over this woman stood the bank employee shouting at the top of his voice to a bald-headed prisoner with shining eyes.
-- Maslenikoff shouted from the top of the stairs.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《时间机器》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- There were no large buildings towards the top of the hill, and as my walking powers were evidently miraculous, I was presently left alone for the first time.
在刘易斯·卡罗尔的《爱丽丝漫游镜中世界》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The Garden of Live Flowers'I should see the garden far better,' said Alice to herself, 'if I could get to the top of that hill: and here's a path that leads straight to it at least, no, it doesn't do that ' (after going a few yards along the path, and turning several sharp corners), 'but I suppose it will at last.
-- Alice didn't dare to argue the point, but went on: ' and I thought I'd try and find my way to the top of that hill ''When you say "hill,"' the Queen interrupted, 'I could show you hills, in comparison with which you'd call that a valley.'
-- Alice curtseyed again, as she was afraid from the Queen's tone that she was a little offended: and they walked on in silence till they got to the top of the little hill.
-- 'And this one is the most provoking of all but I'll tell you what ' she added, as a sudden thought struck her, 'I'll follow it up to the very top shelf of all.
-- Humpty Dumpty was sitting with his legs crossed, like a Turk, on the top of a high wall such a narrow one that Alice quite wondered how he could keep his balance and, as his eyes were steadily fixed in the opposite direction, and he didn't take the least notice of her, she thought he must be a stuffed figure after all.
在罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森的《金银岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It was like any other seaman's chest on the outside, the initial "B" burned on the top of it with a hot iron, and the corners somewhat smashed and broken as by long, rough usage.
-- A strong smell of tobacco and tar rose from the interior, but nothing was to be seen on the top except a suit of very good clothes, carefully brushed and folded.
-- This quarrel was the saving of us, for while it was still raging, another sound came from the top of the hill on the side of the hamlet the tramp of horses galloping.
-- The servant led us down a matted passage and showed us at the end into a great library, all lined with bookcases and busts upon the top of them, where the squire and Dr. Livesey sat, pipe in hand, on either side of a bright fire.
-- Sitting by the fire in the housekeeper's room, I approached that island in my fancy from every possible direction; I explored every acre of its surface; I climbed a thousand times to that tall hill they call the Spy-glass, and from the top enjoyed the most wonderful and changing prospects.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- said he; and, slipping an open knife under my clothes, he ripped them up from top to bottom very rapidly.
-- I wriggled myself quickly to the top of the being, or object, half out of the water, which served us for a refuge.
-- I noticed that the green plants kept nearer the top of the sea, whilst the red were at a greater depth, leaving to the black or brown the care of forming gardens and parterres in the remote beds of the ocean.
-- Sometimes they put snares on the top of high trees that the birds of paradise prefer to frequent.
-- "Certainly," said I, after close attention; "I see something like a long black body on the top of the water."
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The bride, who had just reached the top of the steps, turned round gaily to see what was the commotion.
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