English Dictionary

above

IPA（発音記号）

/əˈbʌv/

副詞

比較不可 古語

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.

日本語の意味

真上に、直接上方にある / ページ内や順序において前述の、上記の位置にある / 天上の、空中にある / 上の位置に、階上にある、またはより高い場所にある

A bright comet hung silently above, filling us with wonder.

明るい彗星が静かに私たちの真上に留まり、私たちを驚嘆させた。

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.