stratum

英 [ˈstrɑːtəm]

美 [ˈstreɪtəm]

n.  层; 岩层; 地层; 阶层

复数：strata　

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牛津词典

noun

• 层；岩层；地层
  a layer or set of layers of rock, earth, etc.
• 阶层
  a class in a society
  1. people from all social strata
     来自不同社会阶层的人

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 社会阶层
  Astratumof society is a group of people in it who are similar in their education, income, or social status.
  1. It was an enormous task that affected every stratum of society...
     这是一项影响到社会各阶层的重大工作。
  2. The rebels came overwhelmingly from the poorest strata of rural society.
     叛乱分子绝大多数来自农村的最贫困阶层。
• N-COUNT 岩层
  Strataare different layers of rock.
  1. Contained within the rock strata is evidence that the region was intensely dry 15,000 years ago.
     岩层中有证据表明，该地区在 15,000 年前曾经非常干旱。

英英释义

noun

• an abstract place usually conceived as having depth
  1. a good actor communicates on several levels
  2. a simile has at least two layers of meaning
  3. the mind functions on many strata simultaneously
  Synonym:levellayer
• people having the same social, economic, or educational status
  1. the working class
  2. an emerging professional class
  Synonym:classsocial classsocio-economic class
• one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock)

双语例句

• The rebels came overwhelmingly from the poorest strata of rural society.
  叛乱分子绝大多数来自农村的最贫困阶层。
• Theory of key stratum in ground control.
  岩层控制的关键层理论。
• The research of seismites mostly focuses on the marine stratum before Paleozoic.
  目前国内外学者对震积岩的研究主要集中在古生代以前的海相地层。
• A thin layer or stratum, as of coal or rock.
  薄薄的一层或层面，如煤或岩石的。
• It concludes the stratum situation and economic relationships in Britain in her century.
  它的结论是地层情况和经济关系，在英国，在她的世纪。
• The chapter analysed two important concepts of the study of social stratification, class and stratum.
  此章主要分析了社会分层研究中的两个重要概念&阶级和阶层。
• The permeability barrier is located in the outermost layer of the epidermis, the stratum corneum.
  这层通透性屏障位于表皮的最外层-角质层。
• This is a stratum we must win over.
  这一阶层，我们是必须争取的。
• In digging the well, the men struck first a stratum of sand, then several strata of rock.
  在挖井时，他们先挖掘到一层砂，之后是几层石头。
• They found a stratum of coal thick enough to be mined with profit.
  他们发现了含有厚到可以开采并获利的煤矿的地层。