superfluous

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /suːˈpɜːflu.əs/|/sjʊˈpɜːflu.əs/    美 /suˈpɝflu.əs/|/səˈpɜːflu.əs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. In excess of what is required or sufficient.
    — With a full rain suit, carrying an umbrella may be superfluous.

词形变化

more superfluous comparative most superfluous superlative

词源

From Middle English superfluous, from Latin superfluus (“superfluous”) + -ous, from superfluō (“overflow”), from super (“above, more than, over”) + fluō (“flow”). Compare mellifluous and fluid, also from Latin. Literally corresponds to overflow, which is from Germanic, rather than Latin.
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