supernumerary

英 [ˌsuːpə'njuːmərəri] 美 [ˌsuːpər'nuːməreri]

• adj. 超出的；多余的
• n. 多余的人或物；冗员

英英释义

Noun:

1. a person serving no apparent function;

   "reducing staff is difficult because our employees include no supernumeraries"
   

2. a minor actor in crowd scenes

Adjective:

1. more than is needed, desired, or required;

   "trying to lose excess weight"
   "found some extra change lying on the dresser"
   "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"
   "skills made redundant by technological advance"
   "sleeping in the spare room"
   "supernumerary ornamentation"
   "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"
   "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"
   "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"
   "surplus cheese distributed to the needy"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. The supernumerary milkers of the lush green season had been dismissed.
   牧草茁壮肥美的时季里，临时雇的挤奶工，也都下工了。
2. Intravenous anesthesia is good for extraction of embedded supernumerary teeth in children.
   静脉麻醉可以使手术平稳实施,有利于儿童埋伏多生牙的拔除。

用作名词 (n.)

1. When the placeman dies, the supernumerary steps into his shoes.
   假如那小官死了,那接替他的人就可以接替他的位置。

经典引文

• I am doing a degree course in nursing and am..supernumerary when I am in the wards.

  出自：Nursing Times

词汇搭配

• supernumerary income 额外收入
• supernumerary larvae 超龄幼虫
• supernumerary cell 加翅室
• supernumerary nucleus 剩余精核
• supernumerary nuclei 剩余精核, 超数精核...
• supernumerary root 额外根
• supernumerary nipples 额外乳头
• supernumerary chromosome 超数染色体
• supernumerary bud 副芽
• supernumerary sperm 超数精子
• supernumerary finger 额外指
• supernumerary segment 加节
• supernumerary toe 超常数趾
• supernumerary muscle 副肌

近反义词

【近义词】

• extra 额外的
• superfluous 多余的
• surplus 过剩
• spare 备用的
• excessive 过分的
• substitute 代用品
• auxiliary 助动词
• ancillary 辅助的
• additional 附加的
• stand-by 可靠的人
• temporary 暂时的
• standby 备用
• supererogatory 职责以外的
• excess 超过
• spear carrier 跑龙套的人
• redundant 多余的，过多的...