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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

the upper crust
  1. 1. 贵族阶级;上流阶层;社会的上层阶级

Examples

He fitted the rope lashings of the oars onto the thole pins and, leaning forward against the thrust of the blades in the water, he began to row out of the harbor in the dark.
他把桨上的绳圈套在桨座的钉子上,身子朝前冲,抵消桨片在水中所遇到的阻力,在黑暗中动手划出港去。
The caterpillar is the larva of the butterfly, the tadpole is the larva of the frog.
毛虫是蝴蝶的幼虫;蝌蚪是青蛙的幼体。
The inner edge of the foot is raised off the floor in the middle to form the arch of the foot.
脚的内缘在中间升离地面形成足弓。
The Chinese celebrate the Spring Festival to mark the return of the sun and the beginning of the agricultural year.
中国人过春节以庆祝太阳的回归以及农历年的开始。
It is not surprising then that the day they like most is Friday. Friday is the end of the workweek and it is the beginning of the weekend.
难怪他们最喜欢的是星期五,星期五是工作周的结束,周末的开始。
The teacher pursued the regulation of the school in teaching and got the praise of the principal.
那位老师贯彻了学校的教学规章制度,并因此得到了校长的赞扬。

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