| 单词 | upper crust |
| 释义 | upper crust (once / 28899 pages) n WORD FAMILY upper crust: upper crusts USAGE EXAMPLESIt’s about a young black man pretending to be actor Sidney Poitier’s son who charms his way into the white upper crust. Seattle Times(Nov 03, 2016) Som’s chess players match up against well-educated, well-heeled professionals, which can mean connections to Uganda’s upper crust. Washington Post(Oct 05, 2016) He lacked “statesmanlike qualities” and he failed even to defend his lower-class constituency from the depredations of the upper crust. Slate(Jun 15, 2016) n the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper upper class Ferdinand and Isabella joint monarchs of Spain; Ferdinand V and Isabella I William and Maryjoint monarchs of England; William III and Mary II elite, elite group a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status aristocracy, gentrythe most powerful members of a society people in power, ruling classthe class of people exerting power or authority chosen, electan exclusive group of people cream, pickthe best people or things in a group clerisy, intelligentsiaan educated and intellectual elite landed gentry, squirearchythe gentry who own land (considered as a class) beau monde, bon ton, high society, smart set, societythe fashionable elite fewa small elite group aristocracy, nobilitya privileged class holding hereditary titles class, social class, socio-economic class, stratum people having the same social, economic, or educational status |
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