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.
实用例句
1. This was enough to launch their careers into the stratosphere.
这足以让他们的事业平步青云了。
来自柯林斯例句
2. If oil supplies were ever disrupted, it would send U.S. oil-import bills into the stratosphere.
一旦石油供应被中断，美国的石油进口额就会大幅度增加。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Most of the chlorofluoromethanes reside in the lower stratosphere.
大多数氯氟甲烷存留在平流层下部.
来自辞典例句
4. Ozone is formed in the stratosphere and mesosphere by photochemical processes.
由于光化过程,在平流层与中层内产生了臭氧.
来自辞典例句
5. In the early 1960 s a worldwide aerosol band was discovered in the lower stratosphere at 17 - 24 km.