upper crust

英 [ˌʌpə ˈkrʌst]

美 [ˌʌpər ˈkrʌst]

n.  上流社会的人; 上层人士; 达官显贵

牛津词典

noun

• 上流社会的人；上层人士；达官显贵
  the people who belong to the highest social class

柯林斯词典

• N-SING-COLL 上层阶级;上流社会；上等人家
  The upper crustare the upper classes.
  1. ...the kind of lifestyle of the privileged upper crust.
     拥有特权的上流社会的那种生活方式
  2. Upper crustis also an adjective.
     
  3. Sergeant Parrott normally spoke with an upper-crust accent.
     帕罗特军士说话通常带着上流社会的腔调。

英英释义

noun

• the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy
  Synonym:upper class

双语例句

• The granitic magma is rising and diffusing with buoyancy and then in the form of diapire in upper crust which resulted in the extending orogeny.
  在浮力作用下花岗岩浆不断上升扩张，在上地壳内以底辟形式就位，使上地壳产生伸展造山。
• Fine structures of the upper crust and velocity distributions down to 10 km deep are obtained.
  得到深度为10km范围的地壳浅层结构和速度分布。
• Doleritic veins are made sure of mantle source, which did not mix with upper crust matter.
  辉绿岩脉是来自于幔源，没有受到上地壳物质的污染。
• Of or relating to or determined by geodesy. STRESS MEASUREMENT, STRESS STATE OF UPPER CRUST AND EARTHQUAKE RESEARCH
  地应力测量、地壳上部应力状态与地震
• The geochemical study of the river can obtain the drainage basin chemical weathering, average chemical and isotopic composition of the upper crust.
  河流的地球化学研究可以获得流域盆地化学风化及上地壳的平均化学和同位素组成。
• The crust of Sichuan basin as a whole is highly resistant and no low-resistivity layer below the upper crust.
  四川盆地的地壳整体表现为高阻层，不存在地壳低阻层。
• Differential movement between the lower crust and the upper crust brittle layer to form a slip layer in the crustal shear detachment level ( corresponding to low-velocity& resistivity layer in middle crust), and controls the tectonic movement of upper crust.
  下地壳流层与上地壳脆性层发生差异运动，在中地壳层次发生剪切拆离，形成滑脱层（对应于中地壳低速、低阻层），并控制了上地壳的构造运动。
• In general, the composition of lower crust is close to basalt and the composition of upper crust is similar to granite.
  一般来说，下地壳的成分接近于玄武岩，而上地壳的物质成分与花岗岩相似。
• The building was originally constructed as a hotel for upper crust springs society, but has long since been converted into offices for lawyers, accountants and such.
  这栋楼本是为镇上上层人士盖的旅店，但早已被用作律师、会计师之类的办公楼。
• The previous researches indicate input of mantle material into upper crust during magmatism and ore-forming process.
  大量研究资料表明，区内成矿和成岩过程中有幔源物质的加入。