stratum
stratum 英 [ˈstrɑ:təm] 美 [ˈstreɪtəm]
n. （组织的）层；[地质] 地层；社会阶层
名词复数:strata
- A stratum is a layer of something, whether abstract, like a social stratum composed of only billionaires, or physical, like the different strata (that’s the plural version) of clouds that an airplane passes through.
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- n. （组织的）层；[地质] 地层；社会阶层
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1. Tramps are from the lowest stratum of society.
流浪汉来自社会最下层。
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2. The sapling which had rooted down to a poisonous stratum on the spot of its sowing had been transplanted to a deeper soil.
她像一棵幼树，在原先栽种的地方，已经把根扎进了有毒的土层里，而现在已经被移植到深厚的土壤里了。
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3. Whilst all the landscape was in neutral shade his companion's face, which was the focus of his eyes, rising above the mist stratum, seemed to have a sort of phosphorescence upon it.
当所有的景物都沐浴在明暗相宜的色调中的时候，他的同伴的脸就成了他眼睛注意的中心，那张脸从层层雾霭中显露出来，脸上似乎染上了一层磷光。
- stratum (n.) "horizontal layer," 1590s, from Modern Latin special use of Latin stratum "thing spread out, coverlet, bedspread, horse-blanket; pavement," noun uses of neuter of stratus "prostrate, prone," past participle of sternere "to spread out, lay down, stretch out," from nasalized form of PIE root *stere- "to spread."
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