top-notch 復習
Trump stole cake design from Obama's 2013 inauguration
When you're doing a cake like this, you know that everybody is going to be looking at it," he said at the time. "It's a lot of pressure. The more recognition you get for something that you do, the greater the pressure becomes, because more people are looking for a mistake. So you really gotta make sure your work is top-notch."
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今回取り上げる単語は、top-notchです。
Oxford Dictionary of English (Second Edition Reserved, Oxford University Press)には、 “of the highest quality; excellent”とのことでした。
『ジーニアス英和辞典』（第五版，大修館）で調べたところ、「一流の，最高の」と載っておりました。
インターネットで調べたところ、 “If you are jumping hurdles, the height of the bar is usually determined by placing the bar into a notch. If the bar is raised "to the top notch," that means the bar on the hurdle cannot possibly go any higher.” と、 “ In American English, especially in New England, a "notch" can refer to a mountain pass. If you are at the "top notch," that means you are as close to the summit of the mountain as you can possibly go.”の二つの語源が書かれておりました。（https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-origin-of-the-phrase-top-notch）
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