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核心畫面

You can think of super- as 'above and beyond the normal line' — it pushes whatever it touches up past the ordinary level. As a word on its own it keeps that 'way above normal' charge.

可以想成 super 的底色是「超過一般那條線、跨到上面去」：它把碰到的東西往普通水準之上推。當它單獨用時，就帶著這…更多收起可以想成 super 的底色是「超過一般那條線、跨到上面去」：它把碰到的東西往普通水準之上推。當它單獨用時，就帶著這股「遠遠超過平常」的勁——所以拿來形容東西很棒、加強語氣都很自然。

From the word’s history

From Latin 'super' meaning 'above, over, beyond'. The adjective and adverb keep this 'beyond the normal' sense; the building-manager noun is a clipping of 'superintendent', which is also built on this 'super-' (one set over others to oversee).

來自拉丁文 super，意思是「在…之上、超過、越過」。形容詞和副詞都保留「超出一般」這層意思；而「大樓管理員」這個名詞是 superintendent 砍短來的，superintendent 同樣建在 super- 上（被擺在眾人之上去監督、照看）。

Etymonline (etymonline.com, 'super-' and 'superintendent')

Two branches

超出一般水準（棒、非常）

直接承接核心：把東西推到普通之上，既能當「很棒」，也能當「非常」加強別的字。

very (intensifier) · r · A2

Very or extremely; used before another describing word to make it stronger.

超級、非常

大樓管理員（superintendent 的簡稱）

同樣建在 super-「在上、照看」上：superintendent 本是「被擺在眾人之上去監督、打理」的人，口語把它砍短成 super，落在「管整棟大樓的人」身上。

building manager · noun · B2

The person who looks after and fixes things in a big block of flats; short for "superintendent".

大樓管理員

原始詞典資料18 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。

Supername

  • 1

    In any of various contexts, a specifically named instance of a super, such as a particular superintendent, supervisor, or super-weapon.

    • You better call the Super if you want your repairs done [the specific superintendent in the implicit context of a specific apartment building; parallel with "President" versus "president"]
    • Teller and Oppenheimer discussing the feasibility of the Super [super atomic bomb, i.e., as later known, the hydrogen bomb]

superadj詞源 1/ˈsuːpə/

  • 1

    Of excellent quality, superfine.

  • 2

    Better than average, better than usual; wonderful.

superadv詞源 1/ˈsuːpə/

  • 1

    Very; extremely (used like the prefix super-).

    • The party was super awesome.
    • The job is super interesting for a person who enjoys a hardware environment and communicating with people.
  • 2

    Absolutely; utterly.

    • I super don't care about that.

supernoun詞源 2/ˈsuːpə/

  • 1

    broadcastingmediatelevisionA superimposed caption or image.

    • Supers are superimposed words that run across the TV screen and provide information such as the names of interview subjects. The newsroom sends a printed list of these supers to Perry.
  • 2

    obsoleteA watch (timepiece).

    • The "super" or watch is passed to a stall, who hurries away, while the "dip" continues on the car. No sign of recognition passes between the members of the mob when at work.
    • Once the "super,” or watch, was in his hand, Tony would swiftly pass it to Carlo.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

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。