adj.第一流的;最佳的
adv.一流地
His new book shows him to is a first rate novelist. 他的新書證明他是一位第一流的小說家。
He's not in the first grade as a musician. 他不是第一流的音樂家。
The jeweler chose diamonds of the first water for the queen's crown. 珠寶商為女皇皇冠選擇了最佳的鉆石。