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substratum

/suhb-strey-tuhm, -strat-uhm, suhb-strey-tuhm, -strat-uhm/US // ˈsʌbˌstreɪ təm, -ˌstræt əm, sʌbˈstreɪ təm, -ˈstræt əm //UK // (sʌbˈstrɑːtəm, -ˈstreɪ-) //

基层,基质,基底层,基层材料

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural sub·stra·ta [suhb-strey-tuh, -strat-uh, -suhb-strey-tuh, -strat-uh], /ˈsʌbˌstreɪ tə, -ˌstræt ə, -sʌbˈstreɪ tə, -ˈstræt ə/, sub·stra·tums.

    • : something that is spread or laid under something else; a stratum or layer lying under another.
    • : something that underlies or serves as a basis or foundation.
    • : Agriculture. the subsoil.
    • : Biology. the base or material on which a nonmotile organism lives or grows.
    • : Philosophy. substance, considered as that which supports accidents or attributes.
    • : Photography. a layer of material placed directly on a film or plate as a foundation for the sensitive emulsion.
    • : Historical Linguistics. a set of features of a language traceable to the influence of an earlier language that it has replaced, especially among a subjugated population: The French word for 80, quatre-vingts, may reflect a Celtic substratum.

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Examples

  • Still, there is a substratum of truth in the dirty monk's philosophy, as you'll find out before you are much older.

  • A substratum of the oldest faith of the land has survived all the changes of seven thousand years.

  • Beneath Verinder's bland manner there lurked a substratum of triumph.

  • "There may always be a substratum of friendship," she argued.

  • Miracles are the substratum of the foundation underlying our faith.