slap‐upの英語

形容詞

slap-up (comparative more slap-up, superlative most slap-up)

1. (informal) Excellent, first-class.
   • 1840, M. A. Titmarsh [pseudonym; William Makepeace Thackeray], The Paris Sketch Book, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Macrone, […], →OCLC:

     "Isn't she a slap-up woman, eh, now?" pursued he; and began enumerating her attractions, as a horse-jockey would the points of a favourite animal.

   • 1842 December – 1844 July, Charles Dickens, The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1844, →OCLC:

     'D'ye know a slap-up sort of button, when you see it?' said the youth. 'Don't look at mine, if you ain't a judge, because these lions' heads was made for men of men of taste: not snobs.'

   • 1915, W.S. Maugham, Of Human Bondage:

     "You take me somewhere where we can get a regular slap-up lunch. All this is the very worst thing for my nerves." -- "Lavenue's is about the best place round here," answered Philip.

   • 2003, Anthony Ham, Paul Greenway, Damien Simonis, Jordan:

     If you add the cost of occasional chartered taxis, souvenirs, a splurge every now and then on a slap-up meal or a mid-range hotel […]