English Dictionary

above

/əˈbʌv/

adv

Directly overhead; vertically on top of. / Higher in the same page; earlier in the order as far as writing products go. / Into or from heaven; in the sky. / In a higher place; upstairs; farther upstream.

The plane flew directly above us.

意味（1）

Directly overhead; vertically on top of.

Of all the transitions brought about on the Earth’s surface by temperature change, the melting of ice into water is the starkest. It is binary. And for the land beneath, the air above and the life around, it changes everything.

意味（2）

Higher in the same page; earlier in the order as far as writing products go.

Nobody has lived in it since the summer of 1879, and it is fast going to pieces. For some three years before the date mentioned above, it was occupied by the family of Charles May

意味（3）

Into or from heaven; in the sky.

He's in a better place now, floating free as the clouds above.

意味（4）

In a higher place; upstairs; farther upstream.

意味（5）

Higher in rank, power, or position.

He appealed to the court above.

意味（6）

(archaic) In addition.

意味（7）

More in number.

意味（8）

Above zero; above freezing.

It was a cold day at only 5 above.

意味（9）

(biology) On the upper half or the dorsal surface of an animal.

The sparrow I saw was rufous above and off-white below.