supernumerary

a. 额外的, 多余的 n. 跑龙套的角色, 杂工, 临时演员, 多余的人/物, 冗员

发音

UK /ˌsuːpəˈnjuːm(ə)ɹ(ə)ɹi/
其它
US /ˌsupɚˈn(j)uməˌɹɛɹi/

词形变化

supernumeraries 复数 supernumeraries

别名

supe super supernumary supernumery

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person who works in a group, association, or public office without forming part of the regular staff (the numerary).

    The judge was a supernumerary, helping the regular judges whenever there was a surplus amount of work.

  2. 2.

    An extra or walk-on, often non-speaking, in a film or play; a spear carrier.

    媒体 艺术
  3. 3.

    Something which is beyond the prescribed or standard amount or number.

  4. 4.

    An animal which has not formed a pair bond and is therefore single.

    生物 动物学
  5. 5.

    A married man or woman who is a secular member of Opus Dei, a Roman Catholic religious institution.

    宗教
adj.
  1. 1.

    Greater in number than.

  2. 2.

    Beyond the prescribed or standard amount or number; excess, extra.

  3. 3.

    Beyond the prescribed or standard amount or number; excess, extra.

    Of an organ or structure: additional to what is normally present.

    生物

    a supernumerary nipple; a supernumerary tooth

  4. 4.

    Beyond what is necessary; redundant.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

extra spear carrier

上位词 7

player actor worker doer thespian histrion roleplayer
形容词

同义词 7

extra spare excess surplus redundant superfluous supererogatory

近义相关 2

unnecessary unneeded

相关短语

supernumerary rainbow supernumerary rainbows

词源

From Late Latin supernumerarius (“extra soldier added to a legion; supernumerary”), from super (“above; beyond”) + numerus (“number; collection, quantity”) + -ārius (suffix forming adjectives from nouns or numerals). The word is analysable as super- + numeral + -ary.

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