upper
名词 n.
形容词 adj.
英 /ˈʌpə/
美 /ˈʌpɚ/
英文释义
名词 n.
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A stimulant, such as amphetamine, that increases energy and decreases appetite.
— Eye Girl is very moody. She is always zooted up on some really foul combination of uppers and downers and Rollerblading. Her bouts of Rollerblading seem to coincide with fights with Eye Guy.
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A stimulant, such as amphetamine, that increases energy and decreases appetite.; Anything that cheers one up.
— 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Patrick was a cabbie & a dispatcher at Yellow Cab & when we got to the church where the [funeral] services were being held, the cabbies came out in force for Pat & there were at least 30 cabs pulling into the church parking lot. It was a real upper for a lot of us.
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The upper portion of something.
— The slewing ring is basically a large bearing upon which the upper is mounted. The outer race of the slewing ring is bolted to the upper, and the inner race is bolted to the car-body.
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The upper portion of something.; The piece of material that forms the top part of a shoe or boot above the sole.
— Holonyms: shoe, boot
- The upper portion of something.; The Y-shaped strap on flip-flops.
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Someone with higher social standing
— Thus a vicious circle is established: the uppers offer participation, and the lowers, feeling persecuted, withdraw.
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Someone with higher social standing; A senior student.
— Each Upper had his private Fag; but general fagdom consisted of obedience to the demand of every Upper, no matter in whose House he happened to be.
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That which is higher, contrasted with the lower.
— Next, take up slack equally on the two uppers until they are snug.
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That which is higher, contrasted with the lower.; A tooth in the upper jaw.
— In the lingualized type of occlusion, contact of the lingual cusps of the uppers against the semianatomic teeth on the lowers will be seen in lateral, protrusive, and eccentric movements.
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That which is higher, contrasted with the lower.; A denture or retainer for the teeth in the upper jaw.
— Treatment was continued until November, 1909, when a retainer was placed in position in the lower, consisting of bands round the lower first molars and a wire passing lingually round all the teeth. The upper was retained by means of a plate with wires wires passing behind the upper first molars and round in front of all the teeth.
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That which is higher, contrasted with the lower.; An upper berth or bunk.
— The Railroad Company further averred that it operated sleeping cars over its system of more than 7,000 miles of interstate roads, and that the Interstate Commerce Commission had prescribed rates for each of said sleeping car units on trains running to and from the state of Wisconsin. The rate fixed for the upper was 80 per cent. of the charge for the use of the lower; the price for the whole section beting the sum of the two rates.
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A spiritual passageway through which consciousness can reach a higher dimension.
— The 'upper' is one of nine apertures through which consciousness can leave the body at death (utkrantih).
形容词 adj.
- At a higher physical position, level, rank or order.
- Situated on higher ground, further inland, more upstream, or more northerly.
- Younger, more recent.
- Of or pertaining to a secondary school.
词汇关系
衍生词
Beaconsfield Upper
Edi Upper
Everton Upper
fat upper pubic area
fat upper pussy area
Maffra West Upper
member of upper house
Murray Upper
Newton Upper Falls
Pakenham Upper
stiff upper lip
Tambo Upper
Towong Upper
upper airway
Upper Alle
Upper Allyn
Upper Arley
upper arm
upper atmosphere
Upper Austria
Upper Ballinderry
Upper Barron
Upper Batley
Upper Beeding
Upper Bentley
Upper Bingara
Upper Blessington
Upper Boat
upper body
upper bound
upper boundary
Upper Brookfield
Upper Broughton
Upper Burnie
Upper Burringbar
Upper Bylong
Upper Caboolture
upper camel case
Upper Capel
upper case
Upper Castra
upper chamber
Upper Chichester
upper circle
upper class
Upper Colo
upper concave envelope
Upper Coomera
Upper Coopers Creek
Upper Cooyar Creek
Upper Copmanhurst
Upper Corindi
Upper Corris
upper crust
upper-cruster
Upper Crystal Creek
upper cut
Upper Daintree
Upper Daradgee
Upper Darby
Upper Dartbrook
Upper Dawson
upper deck
upper decker
Upper Deerfield
Upper Denton
upper-division
Upper Duck Creek
Upper Duroby
Upper Eden Creek
Upper Egypt
Upper Egyptian
Upper Esk
upper esophageal sphincter
Upper Ferntree Gully
Upper Fine Flower
Upper Flagstone
Upper Freehold
Upper Freestone
upper garment
Upper Glastonbury
Upper Growee
Upper Gundowring
Upper Halliford
upper hand
Upper Haughton
Upper Hermitage
Upper Heyford
Upper Hill
Upper Holloway
Upper Horseshoe Creek
Upper Horton
upper house
Upper Hunter
Upper Hutt
upper jaw
upper joint
Upper Kandanga
Upper Kangaroo River
Upper Kangaroo Valley
Upper Karuah River
Upper Kedron
Upper Lachlan
Upper Lansdowne
Upper Largo
upper leaf zone
upper limit
upper lip
Upper Lockyer
Upper Lurg
Upper Macdonald
Upper Main Arm
Upper Makefield
Upper Mangrove
Upper Manilla
upper mantle
Upper Marlboro
upper memory area
upper middle class
Upper Midwest
Upper Milford
Upper Mongogarie
uppermost
Upper Mount Bethel
Upper Mount Gravatt
Upper Murray
Upper Myall
Upper Natone
Upper Nile
Upper Norwood
Upper Orara
Upper Pappinbarra
Upper Parkstone
Upper Peninsula
Upper Pilton
Upper Pinelands
Upper Pittsgrove
Upper Plenty
Upper Poppleton
Upper Providence
upper quartile
upper reaches
upper respiratory tract
Upper Rollands Plains
Upper Rouchel
Upper Ryans Creek
Upper Saddle River
Upper Sandusky
Upper Saucon
Upper Scamander
upper school
upper semi-continuous
upper semicontinuous
upper set
upper side
upper sixth
Upper Slaughter
Upper Sorbian
Upper Soudley
Upper Southampton
Upper Stone
upper storey
upper story
Upper Stowport
Upper Sturt
upper surgery
Upper Swan
Upper Sydenham
Upper Taylors Arm
Upper Tean
upper ten
Upper Tenthill
upper ten thousand
Upper Tooloom
Upper Turon
Upper Uwchlan
Upper Volta
Upper Warrego
Upper Warren
Upper Wheatvale
Upper Wilsons Creek
Upper Woodstock
Upper Yarraman
相关词
on one's uppers
beater-upper
break-upper
catcher-upper
cheerer-upper
cleaner-upper
doer-upper
filler-upper
fixer-upper
fuck-upper
giver-upper
hold-upper
hook-upper
knocker-upper
looker-upper
maker-upper
messer-upper
picker-upper
rounder-upper
shaker-upper
snapper-upper
stinker-upper
swan upper
user-upper
waker-upper
warmer-upper
washer-upper
词源
词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *upó
Proto-Germanic *ub
Proto-Germanic *upp
Proto-West Germanic *upp
Old English upp
Middle English up
Proto-Indo-European *-yōs
Proto-Germanic *-izô
Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō
Proto-Germanic *-ōzô
Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō
Old English -ra
Middle English -er
Middle English upper
English upper
Inherited from Middle English upper. By surface analysis, up + -er.
Proto-Indo-European *upó
Proto-Germanic *ub
Proto-Germanic *upp
Proto-West Germanic *upp
Old English upp
Middle English up
Proto-Indo-European *-yōs
Proto-Germanic *-izô
Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō
Proto-Germanic *-ōzô
Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō
Old English -ra
Middle English -er
Middle English upper
English upper
Inherited from Middle English upper. By surface analysis, up + -er.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *upó
Proto-Germanic *ub
Proto-Germanic *upp
Proto-West Germanic *upp
Old English upp
Middle English up
Proto-Indo-European *-yōs
Proto-Germanic *-izô
Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō
Proto-Germanic *-ōzô
Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō
Old English -ra
Middle English -er
Middle English upper
English upper
Inherited from Middle English upper. By surface analysis, up + -er.
Proto-Indo-European *upó
Proto-Germanic *ub
Proto-Germanic *upp
Proto-West Germanic *upp
Old English upp
Middle English up
Proto-Indo-European *-yōs
Proto-Germanic *-izô
Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō
Proto-Germanic *-ōzô
Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō
Old English -ra
Middle English -er
Middle English upper
English upper
Inherited from Middle English upper. By surface analysis, up + -er.
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