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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Upper \Up"per\, n.
   The upper leather for a shoe; a vamp.

Upper \Up"per\, a.; comp. of {Up}.
   Being further up, literally or figuratively; higher in place,
   position, rank, dignity, or the like; superior; as, the upper
   lip; the upper side of a thing; the upper house of a
   legislature.

   {The upper hand}, the superiority; the advantage. See {To
      have the upper hand}, under {Hand}. --Jowett (Thucyd.).

   {Upper Bench} (Eng. Hist.), the name of the highest court of
      common law (formerly King's Bench) during the
      Commonwealth.

   {Upper case}, the top one of a pair of compositor's cases.
      See the Note under 1st {Case}, n., 3.

   {Upper covert} (Zo["o]l.), one of the coverts situated above
      the bases of the tail quills.

   {Upper deck} (Naut.), the topmost deck of any vessel; the
      spar deck.

   {Upper leather}, the leather for the vamps and quarters of
      shoes.

   {Upper strake} (Naut.), the strake next to the deck, usually
      of hard wood, and heavier than the other strakes.

   {Upper ten thousand}, or (abbreviated) {Upper ten}, the ten
      thousand, more or less, who are highest in position or
      wealth; the upper class; the aristocracy. [Colloq.]

   {Upper topsail} (Naut.), the upper half of a double topsail.
      

   {Upper works} (Naut.), all those parts of the hull of a
      vessel that are properly above water.

   {Upper world}.
   (a) The atmosphere.
   (b) Heaven.
   (c) This world; the earth; -- in distinction from the
       {underworld}.

资料来源 : WordNet®

upper
     adj 1: higher in place or position; "the upper bunk"; "in the upper
            center of the picture"; "the upper stories"
     2: the topmost one of two
     3: superior in rank or accomplishment; "the upper half of the
        class"

upper
     n 1: the higher of two berths [syn: {upper berth}]
     2: piece of leather that forms the part of a shoe or boot above
        the sole
     3: a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and
        decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some
        forms of depression [syn: {amphetamine}, {pep pill}, {speed}]