above

来自古英语onbufan, -uf同up.

above

above: [OE] As in the case of about, the a- in above represents on and the -b- element represents by; above (Old English abufan) is a compound based on Old English ufan. This meant both ‘on top’ and ‘down from above’; it is related to over, and is probably descended from a hypothetical West Germanic ancestor *ufana, whose uf- element eventually became modern English up. So in a sense, above means ‘on by up’ or ‘on by over’.
=> by, on, up

above (adv.)

Old English abufan, earlier onbufan, from on (see on; also see a- (1)) + bufan "over," compound of be "by" (see by) + ufan "over/high," from Proto-Germanic *ufan- (cognates: Old Saxon, Old High German oban, German oben), from PIE root *upo (see up (adv.)). Meaning "in addition" first corded 1590s.

1. That big high-rise above us is where Brian lives.

我们上面的那座摩天大楼就是布赖恩住的地方。

2. Then there was a woman's voice, rising shrilly above the barking.

接着，一个女人的尖厉声音盖过了犬吠声。

3. He had to have one leg amputated above the knee.

他的一条腿不得不从膝部以上截断。

4. There was a drift of smoke above the trees.

树林上空飘浮着一股烟。

5. The hills rise green and sheer above the broad river.

这些小山碧绿陡峭，矗立在这条宽阔的河流之上。