English Dictionary

superstructure

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 比喩的用法 時々 イギリス英語 マルクス主義

(nautical) Any structure built above the top full deck (FM 55-501). / Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis.

日本語の意味

上甲板上に構築された船舶の構造物 / 基礎や土台の上に築かれた建造物、または構造体

The captain ordered the crew to secure all equipment on the superstructure before the storm hit.

艦長は嵐が来る前に、上部構造にあるすべての装備を固定するよう乗組員に命じた。

意味（1）

(nautical) Any structure built above the top full deck (FM 55-501).

意味（2）

Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis.

The Wards are open-topped, with skyscrapers rising from the superstructure. Towers are sealed against vacuum, as the breathable atmosphere envelope is only maintained to a height of about seven meters. The atmosphere is contained by the centrifugal force of rotation and a membrane of dense, colorless sulphur hexafluoride gas, held in place by carefully managed mass effect fields.

意味（3）

(sometimes figuratively) All that part of a building above the basement.

意味（4）

(Britain, railroad) The sleepers and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed.

意味（5）

(Marxism) The social sphere of ideology which includes religion, art, politics, law and all traditional values.

The superstructure evolves more slowly and is more resistant to change than the economic infrastructure, especially in the modern industrial age of advanced capitalism.

superstructures （ plural ）