superstratum 的定义
plural su·per·stra·ta [soo-per-strey-tuh, -strat-uh, soo-per-strey-tuh, -strat-uh], /ˈsu pərˌstreɪ tə, -ˌstræt ə, ˌsu pərˈstreɪ tə, -ˈstræt ə/, su·per·stra·tums.
- an overlying stratum or layer.
- Historical Linguistics. a set of features of a language traceable to the influence of a language formerly spoken within the same society by a dominant group: English has a Norman-French superstratum.
superstratum 近义词
等同于 exterior
更多superstratum例句
- Many of the best have a substratum of stones and sand, and a thin superstratum of vegetable earth.
- Several pools, supplied by springs coming from under the superstratum of sandstone, were passed during the day.
- The soil is generally deep, more or less yellow, and somewhat clayey; the hollows having a thin superstratum of black mould.
- They are probably kept near to the surface of the earth by a superstratum of cold air.
- After a time the superstratum of rock, which is full of cracks and seams, is undermined and precipitated into the chasm below.