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 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 inversion for the Q value of the upper crust along the profile from Baicheng to Da Qaidam has been carried out using seismic reflection/ refraction data acquired on the profiles which cross the Tarim basin, the Altun orogenic belt and the Qaidam basin, respectively.
  利用横跨塔里木盆地、阿尔金造山带和柴达木盆地的拜城大柴旦综合地球物理剖面的人工地震宽角反射折射资料，对拜城大柴旦剖面研究区上地壳的Q值结构进行了反演。
• Q-value structure of middle and upper crust in Ordos massif and Yinchuan Basin
  鄂尔多斯地块和银川盆地中上部地壳Q值结构
• 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。
• Finally, the relations of composition with heat state of the upper crust were analysed.
  最后对区域上地壳成份、热状态与成矿的关系进行了探讨。
• 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
• Its composition of detrital mineral was felsic mainly from upper crust.
  其碎屑母岩应主要源自上地壳，以长英质成分为主。
• S-wave velocity structure of the middle and upper crust in the Yunnan region
  云南地区地壳中上部横波速度结构研究
• The voluminous alkaline granites in the region were probably from the same magma source, but crystallized at upper crust depth.
  该地区体积巨大的碱性花岗岩可能也来自相同的岩浆源，只不过它是在较浅的地壳深度上结晶的。
• The evolution of a half graben basin bounded by normal faulting in the upper crust with a Byerlee-type strength envelope has been modelled by elastoplastic finite element analysis.
  利用新近完成的粘弹塑构造模拟软件包对盆地的动力学演化进行了一系列模拟。