【atop】 - SAT备考词汇

atop

UK:  [ə'tɒp]

US:  [ə'tɒp]

adj.

1.顶上的

prep.

1.在(...)顶上

2.在上面

adv.

1.在(...)顶上

1 . Even so, to get visitors in the mood, the county paid for a little Roman-style pavilion to be built atop the foundations of an old temple.
即便这样，为了照顾游客的心情，县里出资在原来一处寺庙的地基上建了一座古罗马样式的小亭子。

2 . But the police carrying automatic rifles atop the armoured vehicles did not attempt to deploy on the streets.
但武装运兵车上配备有自动步枪的警察并没有试图在街道上部署。

3 . For thousands of years, sand buried the colossus up to its shoulders, creating a vast disembodied head atop the eastern edge of the Sahara.
数千年来，黄沙没过了斯芬克斯的肩膀，使得狮身人面像如同一颗巨大的头颅，安放在撒哈拉沙漠的东端。

4 . He said the Hamaoka plant, 125 miles west of Tokyo, was "a special case" because it sat atop a major fault line.
他说，东京以西125英里的滨冈核电站是一个“特例”，因为它处在一条主要的断裂线上。

5 . The volcanic plug might be black Plasticine, the castle balanced solidly atop it a skewed rendition of crenellated building bricks.
火山栓就像黑色橡皮泥一样使砖结构的城堡稳稳的耸立于天地之间。