excellent

形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
/ˈɛk.sə lənt/|/ˈɛk.sɪ.lənt/    /ˈɛk.sə.lənt/|/ˈek.sə.lənt/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Having excelled, having surpassed.
  2. Of higher or the highest quality; splendid.
    — A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire.
  3. Exceptionally good of its kind.
    — Bill and Ted had an excellent adventure last week in preparation for their history exam.
  4. Superior in kind or degree, irrespective of moral quality.
    — Elizabeth, therefore, who was an excellent hypocrite
副词 adv.
  1. Excellently. obsolete
    — Lucian, in his tract de Mercede conductis, hath excellent well deciphered such men's proceedings in his picture of Opulentia […].

词形变化

more excellent comparative most excellent superlative more excellent comparative most excellent superlative

词源

词源 1
From Middle English excellent, from Old French excellent, from Latin excellēns (“elevated, exalted”), present participle of excellō (“elevate, exult”), equivalent to excel + -ent.
词源 2
From Middle English excellent, from Old French excellent, from Latin excellēns (“elevated, exalted”), present participle of excellō (“elevate, exult”), equivalent to excel + -ent.
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