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up·per1 /ˈʌpə $ -er/ ●●● W2 adjective [only before noun]  1  HIGHin a higher position than something else 〔位置〕较上的，较高的，上面的 OPP lower the upper lip 上唇 →4  See picture of 见图 FOOTWEAR2  TOPnear or at the top of something 靠近顶部的；在顶部的 OPP lower the upper floors of a building 大楼的高层 There is an upper age limit for becoming a pilot. 当飞行员有年龄上限。3  have/gain the upper hand ADVANTAGEto have more power than someone else, so that you are able to control a situation 占上风；处于有利地位 Police have gained the upper hand over the drug dealers in the area. 警方在与该地区的毒品贩子的较量中占据了上风。4  HIGH POSITION OR RANKmore important than other parts or ranks in an organization, system etc 〔在某一机构、体系等中〕较高级的，较重要的 the upper echelons (=the most important members) of corporate management 公司管理人员中的高层5  SGFARfurther from the sea or further north than other parts of an area 上游的；北部的 the upper reaches of the Nile 尼罗河的上游 → a stiff upper lip at stiff1(11)

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upper• His upper arms were like tree trunks.• Most meteorites do not make it through Earth's upper atmosphere.• People had climbed into the upper branches of the tree to escape the rising waters.• The upper classes were synonymous to him with the greatness of his country.• Strings of paraffin lamps gleam along the upper decks and dance in the inky water.• Gunmen were firing machine guns from the upper floor of the hospital.• An investment firm occupies the upper floors of the building.• Only two small colonic polyps were found in patients who had an upper gastrointestinal lesion.• upper-income consumers• He already had a light growth of hair on his upper lip.• I am wearing my bear claws and flying into the upper regions with the thunderbirds.• He pulled out his upper right-hand desk drawer and felt for the packet of bills.• They had the wedding in the big upper room that occupied the whole of the second floor of their Auntie's pub.• Competition is keen and candidates must offer a minimum of an upper second class honours degree together with evidence of satisfactory financial arrangements.• A child was wailing on one of the upper stories.• Several of her upper teeth were missing.upper echelons• Not until ten o'clock for the upper echelons.• Not the upper upper echelons, but Digby level echelons.• But the greater the prestige and reputation of an institution, the more it will recruit from the upper echelons of society.• There were also wide-ranging personnel changes in the upper echelons of the armed forces and the police.• The nobility of Savoy was also closely linked to the upper echelons of the clergy.• This insoluble predicament was the source of the decay, corruption and mounting tension evident within the upper echelons of the regime.• Small is beautiful Predictably, the smaller building societies figure prominently in the upper echelons of the result tables.upper reaches• Clearly therefore the clouds do not consist of water, at least not in their upper reaches.• He started with the upper reaches of government and the bureaucracy.• Eventually, of course, you will want to go for the upper reaches of naval accomplishment: world domination.• Of particular interest is the area around the upper reaches of the Aver known as the Moot.• Certainly, he had abundant connections to the upper reaches of the company hierarchy.• For a sixty-year-old man in the upper reaches of the legal profession, that was pathetic.• And even the long dried out upper reaches of the Pang are flowing ... just ... but more is required.

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upper2 noun [countable]  1  DCCthe top part of a shoe that covers your foot 鞋面，鞋帮 leather uppers 皮鞋帮2. uppers [plural] informalMDD illegal drugs that make you feel happy and give you a lot of energy 兴奋剂；安非他明 SYN amphetamines3. be on your uppers British English old-fashionedPOOR to have very little money 手头拮据，困窘

Examples from the Corpus

upper• Slip lasting has uppers sewn together under the insole.• Padded ankle collar and rand to protect base of uppers.• Board lasting glues the uppers to an insole board before being attached to the midsole, again designed for stability.• Three uppers for $ 225, $ 75 bucks apiece.Origin upper1 (1200-1300) up

up·per1 adjectiveupper2 nounChineseSyllable  

in position else Corpus something than a higher

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up‧per¹ W2 /ˈʌpə $ -er/ adjective [only before noun]1. in a higher position than something else
   OPP  lower:
    the upper lip
2. near or at the top of something
   OPP  lower:
    the upper floors of a building
    There is an upper age limit for becoming a pilot.
3. have/gain the upper hand to have more power than someone else, so that you are able to control a situation:
    Police have gained the upper hand over the drug dealers in the area.
4. more important than other parts or ranks in an organization, system etc:
    the upper echelons (=the most important members) of corporate management
5. further from the sea or further north than other parts of an area:
    the upper reaches of the Nile
⇨ a stiff upper lip at stiff¹(10)

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upper² noun [countable]

1. the top part of a shoe that covers your foot:
    leather uppers
2. uppers [plural] informal illegal drugs that make you feel happy and give you a lot of energy
   SYN  amphetamines
3. be on your uppers British English old-fashioned to have very little money