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Stellar literally means relating to stars, like a 'stellar explosion' in an astronomy class. But in everyday talk, 'stellar' is used much more loosely to mean 'excellent' or 'outstanding' — like 'a stellar performance' or 'stellar grades,' meaning really impressive.
星星的;(口語)極好的
組成From Latin 'stella,' meaning star.
同家族的字
- constellationshares the Latin root 'stella,' star
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
stellaradj/ˈstɛl.ə/
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astronomynatural-sciencesOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars.
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Heavenly.
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Exceptional, exceptionally good.
- The actress gave a stellar performance.
- Some years ago there were hundreds of musicians of ability, but of less stellar renown, who toured the country, giving performances at less than stellar fees.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。