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superstratum

/soo-per-strey-tuhm, -strat-uhm, soo-per-strey-tuhm, -strat-uhm/US // ˈsu pərˌstreɪ təm, -ˌstræt əm, ˌsu pərˈstreɪ təm, -ˈstræt əm //UK // (ˌsuːpəˈstrɑːtəm, -ˈstreɪ-) //

超基质,上层建筑,上层社会,超基质层

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    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.

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Examples

  • 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.