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 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。
• 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 ore lead in the deposits mainly came from the upper crust.
  矿床的矿石铅主要来自上地壳。
• 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。
• 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。
• I also feel there is something "upper crust" and refined about the sound of an English accent.
  对我来说，英式口音很典雅，流畅而有魅力。
• 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 other is partial melting layer of the upper crust.
  而另一种认为是地壳中的部分熔融层。