沪友详解A:at the top of one's lungs
也可以说"at the top of one's voice". 意思是“声嘶力竭地喊叫”(With an extremely loud voice).
可以用于以下情况:
1) 当感到十分惊讶、诧异或者愤怒时而发出叫喊:
When she saw the accident, she cried at the top of her lungs.
2) 为引起别人注意而大声喊叫或者表示声音很大的状态:
The babies in the nursery all were crying at the top of their lungs.
I yelled at the top of my lungs to get tom’s attention. But he seems to be deaf.
我声嘶力竭地大喊想要引起汤姆的注意。不过他像是聋了一样。