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

• 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。
• 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。
• They represent each society stratum.
  他们代表各个社会阶层。
• 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。
• 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。
• It means, the modern embryonic form of social stratum structure has formed.
  可以说，现代化的社会阶层结构的雏形已经形成。
• 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。
• A layer of rock with a particular composition ( especially of fossils); for dating the stratum.
  具有特殊成分，尤其是化石的一层岩石；可用来确定地层的年代。
• The population is divided into strata and a random sample is taken from each stratum.
  总体分成阶层后由各阶层抽选出来的随机样本。
• Effect of elastic modulus of stratum and cement sheath on casing strength
  地层和水泥环弹性模量对套管强度的影响分析