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stratospheric

/strat-uh-sfeer/US // ˈstræt əˌsfɪər //UK // (ˈstrætəˌsfɪə) //

平流层,同温层

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the region of the upper atmosphere extending upward from the tropopause to about 30 miles above the earth, characterized by little vertical change in temperature.
    • : all of the earth's atmosphere lying outside the troposphere.
    • : any great height or degree, as the highest point of a graded scale.

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Examples

  • As the 2012 second-round pick came into his own, the team hit the stratosphere, snapping a 40-year title drought.

  • Since it doesn’t exist naturally in the stratosphere, though, scientists don’t actually know how it would react up there, meaning additional research and experiments are needed.

  • For those who have the money, two of the best ways to experience the Overview Effect will be private suborbital space flight and trips to the stratosphere on a high-altitude balloon.

  • From that flashpoint, a blue jet shot up into the stratosphere, climbing as high as about 52 kilometers over several hundred milliseconds.

  • It sits in the stratosphere, a high-altitude band of the atmosphere far above the wind, clouds, and precipitation we feel on the ground.

  • But this is the kind of role, both manly and emotional, that launches an actor into the stratosphere.

  • But her iconic turn in Clueless sent the MTV darling into the stratosphere.

  • From some vantage points, the Stratosphere on the strip is visible, but it feels light years away.

  • However, once she arrives at the bridge, her voice soars into the stratosphere.

  • Investing in a career could help launch it into the stratosphere.

  • Meta took the ship into the stratosphere, in a high ballistic arc that ended at the islands.

  • The stratosphere continues to a height of about 100,000 feet.

  • The present view is that fallout debris placed in the stratosphere remains in that hemisphere in which the explosion occurs.

  • There is disagreement on the precise modes of distribution of radioactive materials projected into the stratosphere.

  • Above it is the stratosphere, where there is no 40 turbulence and only a slow mixing of dry and cloudless air.