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 metallogenic materials are mainly from the deep magmas and the rest from upper crust.
成矿物质主要来源于深部岩浆，有部分地壳物质的加入。
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；
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。
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。
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 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。
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。
The mudstone bands of the lower beds are derived from a mixture of mantle, upper crust and ocean.
下矿层泥岩条带铅同位素具地幔、上地壳和海源铅的混合特点。
Magnetotelluric studies of the San Andreas Fault in the United States have revealed a correlation between segments of the fault that are seismically active and the resistivity of the fault zone in the brittle upper crust.
对美国圣安德烈斯断层的大地电磁研究已经揭示了地震比较活跃的断层区段和在脆性上地壳中的断裂带的电阻率之间的相关性。