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stratum n.地层；阶层 (1) 他们代表各个社会阶层。(2) 这类不公平的现象存在于社会的每一个阶层。 Stratum comes from the Latin meaning "something that has been laid down," like asphalt or a bedsheet, but we generally use it to describe layers of something. If you go into geology, you will probably investigate different strata of the soil. If you start out in life poor and try to become rich, you are trying to get into a different social stratum.

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英 ['strɑːtəm] 美 ['streɪtəm] (1) They represent each society stratum.(2) Such inequalities are found in every stratum. A stratum is a layer of something, whether abstract, like a social stratum composed of only billionaires, or physical, like the different strata (that’s the plural version) of clouds that an airplane passes through. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]社会阶层 A stratum of society is a group of people in it who are similar in their education, income, or social status.   [usu with supp]  [FORMAL 正式]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。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。2[N-COUNT 可数名词]岩层 Strata are different layers of rock.   [usu pl]  [TECHNICAL 术语]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。

英语单词	stratum
英美音标	英 ['strɑːtəm] 美 ['streɪtəm]
中文释义	n.地层；阶层
英语例句	(1) They represent each society stratum. (2) Such inequalities are found in every stratum.
中文例句	(1) 他们代表各个社会阶层。 (2) 这类不公平的现象存在于社会的每一个阶层。
vocabulary简明	A stratum is a layer of something, whether abstract, like a social stratum composed of only billionaires, or physical, like the different strata (that’s the plural version) of clouds that an airplane passes through.
vocabulary扩展	Stratum comes from the Latin meaning "something that has been laid down," like asphalt or a bedsheet, but we generally use it to describe layers of something. If you go into geology, you will probably investigate different strata of the soil. If you start out in life poor and try to become rich, you are trying to get into a different social stratum.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]社会阶层 A stratum of society is a group of people in it who are similar in their education, income, or social status. [usu with supp] [FORMAL 正式] 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。 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。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]岩层 Strata are different layers of rock. [usu pl] [TECHNICAL 术语] 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。

Stratum Social Society Layers N Count 可数名词 [Usu 英