顶

（人体或物体的最上部） crown; peak; top:

• 到顶

  reach the limit [peak];

• 山顶

  mountaintop; hilltop;

• 秃顶

  be bald;

• 屋顶

  roof

（用头支承） carry on the head:

• 头上顶着一罐水

  carry a pitcher of water on one's head

（从下面拱起） push from below or behind; push up:

• 用千斤顶把汽车顶起来

  jack up a car;

• 嫩芽把土顶起来了。

  The sprouts have pushed up the earth.

（用头撞击） gore; butt:

• 又顶又踢

  butting and kicking;

• 这牛爱顶人。

  This bull gores people.

（支撑; 抵住） prop; sustain; support:

• 把门顶起来

  prop up the door;

• 坑道顶儿用柱子顶着。

  The pillars sustain the roof of the pit.

（对面迎着） go against:

• 顶风雪， 战严寒

  face blizzards and brave severe cold;

• 顶着烈日走路

  walk in a boiling sun;

• 我们的船顶着风浪前进。

  Our ship made head against the wind and waves.

（用强硬的话反驳别人; 顶撞） retort; turn down:

• 把抗议顶回去

  reject a protest;

• 他们说他， 他就顶。

  When they scolded him, he would answer back.

• 我顶了他几句。

  I said a few words to him in retort.

（担当; 支持） cope with; stand up to:

• 负担虽重， 他们两个也顶下来了。

  The load was heavy, but the two of them coped with it all right.

• 妇女能顶半边天。

  Women hold up half of heaven [half the sky].; Women shoulder [prop up] half (of) the sky.; Women prop up the other half of the sky.

（相当; 抵） equal; be equivalent to:

• 干活他一个能顶我们两个。

  He can do the work of two of us.

（顶替） take the place of; substitute; replace:

• 顶别人的名字

  assume sb. else's name;

• 他顶患病的工人干活。

  He substituted for the worker who was ill.

奫方] （到某个时间） until; till:

• 顶10点他才回来。

  He did not return till ten o'clock.

• 顶昨天我才听说这件事。

  It was not until yesterday that I learned it.

（用于某些有顶的东西）:

• 一顶轿子

  a sedan chair;

• 一顶帽子

  a cap; a hat;

• 一顶蚊帐

  a mosquito net

（表示程度最高） very; most; extremely:

• 顶聪明

  most intelligent;

• 顶有用

  very useful;

• 顶小的那个孩子

  the youngest [smallest] child