英语词汇“supernumerary”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	supernumerary
释义	su·per·nu·mer·ary I. \\|süpə(r)\|n(y)üməˌrerē, -ˌreri\ adjective Etymology: Late Latin supernumerarius, from Latin super- + numerus number + -arius -ary 1. : exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number < a supernumerary tooth > < extra ribs, as well as other supernumerary internal parts — Science News Letter > specifically : not enumerated among the regular components of a group and especially of a military organization or staff or of the line elements of a military organization < offered the supernumerary position of inspector general — J.S.Roucek > 2. : exceeding what is necessary, required, or desired : superfluous < the redundant subheading and supernumerary asterisk — Punch > 3. : being the more numerous < in any population with an unbalanced sex composition … a larger number of members of the supernumerary sex remains in this group — William & Mary Quarterly > II. noun (plural supernumeraries) 1. : a supernumerary person or thing: as a. : a person employed not for regular service but for use in case of need b. : an individual in excess of the number authorized for a given military or naval unit < carried about two thousand men, including supernumeraries on a training course for sea experience — Stanley Rogers > c. : a person serving no apparent function < reducing them both to the role of irrelevant supernumeraries — J.C. Powys > d. : an inert added member of a chromosome set 2. : an actor employed to play a walk-on (as in a mob scene or spectacle)
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