| 单词 | supersaver |
| 释义 | supersaver in British English (ˈsuːpəˌseɪvə) noun something offered at a much-reduced price supersaver in American English (ˈsuːpərˌseivər) noun 1. a specially reduced fare, as for passengers reserving tickets in advance or traveling during off-peak periods 2. any item on which there is a specially reduced price The grocery's supersavers this week include oranges, canned peas, and sugar adjective 3. of or at a specially reduced fare or price Word origin [1975–80, Amer.; super- + saver]This word is first recorded in the period 1975–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: family therapy, front-load, gravitational lens, retrovirus, videotexsuper- is a prefix occurring originally in loanwords from Latin, with the basic meaning“above, beyond.” Words formed with super- have the following general senses: “to place or be placed above or over” (superimpose; supersede), “a thing placed over or added to another” (superscript; superstructure; supertax), “situated over” (superficial; superlunary) and, more figuratively, “an individual, thing, or property that exceeds customarynorms or levels” (superalloy; superconductivity; superman; superstar), “an individual or thing larger, more powerful, or with wider application than othersof its kind” (supercomputer; superhighway; superpower; supertanker), “exceeding the norms or limits of a given class” (superhuman; superplastic), “having the specified property to a great or excessive degree” (supercritical; superfine; supersensitive), “to subject to (a physical process) to an extreme degree or in an unusual way”(supercharge; supercool; supersaturate), “a category that embraces a number of lesser items of the specified kind” (superfamily; supergalaxy), “a chemical compound with a higher proportion than usual of a given constituent”(superphosphate)Examples of 'supersaver' in a sentence |
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