stratosphere

• n. 同溫層；最上層；最高階段

來自拉丁語 stratus,展開，鋪開，-sphere,球，層，詞源同 atmosphere.

stratosphere (n.)

1908, from French stratosphère, literally "sphere of layers," coined by French meteorologist Léon-Philippe Teisserenc de Bort (1855-1913) from Latin stratus "a spreading out" (from past participle stem of sternere "to spread out;" see structure (n.)) + French -sphère, as in atmosphère (see sphere).

The region where the temperature increases or remains steady as you go higher. An earlier stratosphere, attested in English 1908 and coined in German 1901, was a geological term for part of the Earth's crust. It is now obsolete. Related: Stratospheric.

1. This was enough to launch their careers into the stratosphere.

這足以讓他們的事業平步青雲了。

來自柯林斯例句

2. If oil supplies were ever disrupted, it would send U.S. oil-import bills into the stratosphere.

一旦石油供應被中斷，美國的石油進口額就會大幅度增加。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Most of the chlorofluoromethanes reside in the lower stratosphere.

大多數氯氟甲烷存留在平流層下部.

來自辭典例句

4. Ozone is formed in the stratosphere and mesosphere by photochemical processes.

由於光化過程,在平流層與中層內產生了臭氧.

來自辭典例句

5. In the early 1960 s a worldwide aerosol band was discovered in the lower stratosphere at 17 - 24 km.

在六十年代初期,在17-24公裏平流層下部發現世界範圍氣溶膠帶.

來自辭典例句