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the upper crust noun[ S, + sing/pl verb ] informaluk /ˌʌp.ə ˈkrʌst/ us /ˌʌp.ɚ ˈkrʌst/ people who have the highest social position and are usually rich: 上层社会的成员 Many treasures were brought back to Britain because its upper crust was wealthy and liked travelling abroad.大量财宝被带回英国,因为那里的上层社会成员很富有并且喜欢在外国游历。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Class & class-consciousness in general anti-bourgeois anti-snob arriviste bougie gentrification gentrify go/come down in the worldidiom go/come up in the worldidiom petit bourgeois petty bourgeois pleb plebby the bottom of the heapidiom the gentry the petite bourgeoisie trailer trash underclass ungenteel ungentrified upper class |