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

• Most of the faults in the southeast coast of Fujian Province occur in the sial of upper crust and some have reached the sima.
  福建东南沿海断裂1多发生于上地壳硅铝层，少数达硅镁层。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。
• The upper crust and mantle lid are elastic in the duration of a few decades;
  在延续数十年的情况下，上地壳以及岩石圈地幔都可能呈弹性状态；
• 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。
• The compression stress field of the upper crust in Songliao basin is different from place to place especially from north to south of the area.
  松辽盆地整个上部地壳所受到的挤压应力场在南北两大地区存在空间差别。
• 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。