a.[Z][B]
    
      - (地點,位置等)較高的;上面的;上首的
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He has a scar on his 
upper lip.
他的上脣有一道疤痕。
 
      - 上游的;內地的;北部的
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the 
upper reaches of the Mississippi River
密西西比河上游
 
      - (地位,等級)較高的;上層的;上流的
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This part of town is where the 
upper class live.
鎮上這個地區是上層階級的人住的。
 
      - 上院的,參議院的
 
    
    n.[C]
    
      - 鞋幫
 
      - 【口】上舖
 
      - 上齒
 
      - 上排假牙[P]
 
      - 【俚】興奮劑(安非他命)
 
    
   
  片語
  
    be (down) on one's uppers
    
      - 一貧如洗;處於困境
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He 
was then 
on his uppers.
他當時一貧如洗。
 
    
   
  辨析
  
 
  
    
upper1
  
  adj.
   - situated above another part. 
▸higher in position or status.
 ▸
(
often Upper)
 
Geology  & 
Archaeology  denoting a younger (and hence typically shallower) part of a stratigraphic or archaeological division:
 the Upper Palaeolithic.
 - situated on higher ground.
 - 
[in place names]
 situated to the north.
 
n.
 the part of a boot or shoe above the sole.
 
  Phrase
  
    - have 
(or gain)
 the upper hand
 have (or gain) an advantage or control.  - on one's uppers
 informal extremely short of money.  - the upper crust
 informal the upper classes. 
   
  Etymology
  ME: from the adj. up + -er2.
 
  
    
upper2
  
  n.
 informal a stimulating drug, especially an amphetamine.
 
  Etymology
  1960s: from the verb up + -er1.