１２／０２單字筆記

1. top out   phrase   

原句: We made for the high ground, a desolate meadow of sand, sea oats and wind-whipped bushes, trudging up and down hill after hill, topping out at maybe 30 feet above the beach.

意思: if a rate or an amount tops out, it reaches its highest level

例句: Mortgage rates topped out at 10% before falling last spring.

１２／０１單字筆記

1. upshot   noun   /ˈʌpˌʃɑt/

原句: One upshot is that the maritime forest is protected from salt breezes.

意思: the final result

例句: The upshot of the court's ruling is that a number of communities will now have to change their gun laws.