英语词汇“upper”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	upper
释义	up·per I. \ˈəpə(r)\ adjective Etymology: Middle English, from uppe up + -er — more at up 1. : relatively high in physical position: as a. (1) : occupying high ground < keep the hills and upper regions — Shakespeare > (2) : farther inland < the upper Mississippi > < carried squared timbers from the upper lakes lumber ports to the St. Lawrence — American Guide Series: Michigan > (3) usually capitalized : living on higher ground, farther inland, farther upstream, or farther north than others of the same group < the Upper Creek > b. (1) : being a higher part especially of a pair or a set < upper lip > < the upper stories of the building > (2) : worn over a part of the body above the waist < his upper clothes were black and his lower clothes red — J.G.Frazer > c. : directed upward d. : being above or on the earth's surface rather than below it or in nether regions < those appointed to sit there had … flown to the upper world — John Milton > e. (1) : being or occurring on a higher level with respect to the earth's surface < the upper atmosphere > < upper plankton — R.E.Coker > (2) : constituting a stratum relatively near the earth's surface (3) usually capitalized : being a later epoch or series of the period or series named < Upper Carboniferous > < Upper Cretaceous > < Upper Permian > < Upper Silurian > — contrasted with Lower 2. a. : higher in rank or order : superior in position < senates were substituted for councils as the upper house — Harvey Walker > < the … club was generally restricted to the upper social brackets — Current Biography > specifically : being on a more advanced level in an educational system < the upper school > < upper freshmen > b. : being of superior quality < the upper grades of lumber > 3. archaic : worn on top of another garment : outer 4. : situated farther from the door : innermost < the upper end of the hall > 5. : of or relating to higher musical pitch < although entirely different in their upper parts, they share the same bass — P.H.Lang > < the most securely brilliant upper registers heard in the vast house in many years — Newsweek > 6. : earlier < determines the upper limit of date > 7. : being the northern part of an area < cut across upper New York to the Vermont state line — Budd Schulberg > < upper Manhattan > II. noun (-s) : one that is upper: as a. : the parts of a shoe or boot that are above the sole b. uppers plural but sometimes singular in construction : the best grade of lumber : finish c. (1) : an upper tooth < has two uppers missing > (2) : an upper denture d. : an upper berth e. : a drill hole driven upward in a mine f. : a piece of clothing worn above the waist : top < were allowed to remove their pink pajama uppers — Earle Birney > • - on one's uppers III. noun (-s) Etymology: up (I) & up (III) + -er : one that ups — sometimes used in combination < builder-upper > < coffee, which he finds the best of all toner-uppers — H.W.Wind > IV. noun 1. : a stimulant drug ; especially : amphetamine — compare downer herein 2. : something that induces a state of good feeling or exhilaration
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