| 释义 |
ex·cel·lent
I. \-nt\ adjective
(sometimes -er/-est)
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin excellent-, excellens, from present participle of excellere to excel — more at excel
1. archaic : excelling or exceeding in kind or degree
2. : of high station, rank, or office — used as a title or in a mode of address and often cap.
< the most excellent chief of the lodge will preside at the meeting >
3. : meritoriously near the standard or model : very good of its kind : first-class
< this vase is an excellent imitation of the antique >
broadly : of great worth : eminently good
< an excellent man >
< excellent breeding >
< crossbred wool was in excellent demand >
< many excellent Americans are fighting this hysteria — Hugh Gaitskell >
II. adverb
Etymology: Middle English, from excellent (I)
archaic : excellently, exceedingly |