super

• adj. 特級的；極好的
• n. 特級品，特大號；臨時雇員
• n. (Super)人名；(英)休珀

來自拉丁語 super,在上麵，上方。引申諸相關詞義。

super

super: [17] Super has been used over the centuries as an abbreviated form of a variety of English words containing the Latin element super ‘above’. Its earliest manifestation, short for the now defunct insuper ‘balance left over’, did not last long and it was the 19th century which really saw an explosion in the use of the word. In 1807 it appeared as an abbreviation for the chemical term supersalt, and in the 1850s its long career as an ‘extra person’ (short for supernumerary [17]) began.

Its application to superintendant [16], today its commonest noun usage, dates from around 1870. But it is as an adjective that it has made its greatest impact. In this context it is short for superfine [15], and originally, in the mid 19th century, its use was restricted to denoting the ‘highest grade of goods’ (‘showing me a roll of cloth which he said was extra super’, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield 1850); not until the early 20th century did it really begin to come into its own as a general term of approval.

Amongst the more heavily disguised English descendants of Latin super (a relative of Latin sub ‘below’ and also of English sum and supine) are insuperable [14], soprano [18], soubrette [18], and sovereign. And superior [14] comes from the Latin comparative form superior ‘higher’.
=> insuperable, soprano, soubrette, sovereign, superb, superior, supreme

super (adj.)

"first-rate, excellent," 1837, from prefix in superfine (1680s), denoting "highest grade of goods," from Latin super "above, over, beyond" (see super-). Extended usage as a general term of approval is 1895 slang, revived by 1967. Rhyming reduplication form super-duper first attested 1940. Super Bowl attested from 1966; Super Glue from 1975; as a verb by 1983.

1. For super-soft skin, lather on a light body lotion before you bathe.

皮膚極柔嫩者，可在沐浴前塗上溫和的護膚露。

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2. "I think I could find you something."—"That would be super."

“我想我可以給你找到點兒什麽東西。”——“那太棒了。”

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3. He is currently starring in pantomime in Weston-super-Mare.

他目前正在濱海韋斯頓主演聖誕童話劇。

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4. Their bodies were well-developed and super fit.

他們的身體發育得很好，非常健壯。

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5. That's a super idea.

那真是個絕妙的主意。

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