upper crust

短语

<口>上流社会, 贵族阶级; 上地壳

发音

AU

词形变化

upper crusts 复数 upper crusts more upper crust 比较级 most upper crust 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The social elite, the highest social class.

    习语
  2. 2.

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see upper, crust. The topmost layer of a bread, pastry dish, or other item with a hardened coating.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Alternative form of upper-crust.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

upper class

上位词 3

class stratum social class

下位词 4

elite gentry aristocracy ruling class

词源

First known use as an idiom: 1836.

来源：wiktionary