upperworld

词形变化

upperworlds 复数 upperworlds

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Heaven.

  2. 2.

    The surface of the earth, as opposed to the underworld (Hades), or to underground or submarine places.

  3. 3.

    The higher-ranking part of a society; an elite.

    Up to this level, the drug traffickers, according to Lupsha, tended "to be outside the legitimate political upperworld of Mexican elite life and national politics" (Lupsha, 1991, p. 43).

词源

From upper + world.

来源：wiktionary