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A man with powers far beyond a normal person's — enormous strength, endless energy, the ability to do what others cannot. In ordinary use it is a compliment with a smile in it: "He works twelve hours and then cooks dinner — he's a superman." We are saying he is not really human-sized in what he does.
A man一個人 with powers far beyond a normal person's能力遠超過一般人——enormous strength驚人的力氣、endless energy用不完的精力、the ability to do what others cannot能做到別人做不到的事。In ordinary use在日常用法裡，it它 is a compliment with a smile in it是一種帶著笑意的讚美：'He works twelve hours and then cooks dinner — he's a superman.'「他工作十二小時還煮晚餐——他真是個superman」。We我們 are saying其實是在說 he他 is not really human-sized in what he does做的事已經不是常人的份量。
There is a second, heavier use. The word was made in English to translate the German Übermensch, a word the philosopher Nietzsche used for a kind of person who rises above ordinary human rules and makes their own values. The George Bernard Shaw put it into English in his play Man and Superman (1903). When you meet superman in a book about philosophy or history, that is the meaning, and it is not a compliment about energy — it is a serious and much-argued idea.
There有 is a second, heavier use第二種比較沉重的用法。The word這個詞 was made in English to translate the German Übermensch是英文為了翻譯德文 Übermensch 而造出來的，a word一個詞，the philosopher Nietzsche哲學家尼采 used for a kind of person用來指一種人，who rises above ordinary human rules超越一般人規則的人，and和 makes their own values自己制定價值標準的人。The playwright George Bernard Shaw劇作家蕭伯納 put it into English把這個概念寫進英文裡，in his play Man and Superman (1903)在他1903年的劇作《人與超人》裡。When you meet superman in a book about philosophy or history當你在哲學或歷史書裡遇到 superman，that就是這個 is the meaning意思，and而且 it它 is not a compliment about energy不是在稱讚精力充沛——it它 is a serious and much-argued idea是一個嚴肅、很多人爭論的概念。
And of course there is Superman, the comic-book hero from 1938 — the flying man in the red cape. He is so famous that he has taken the word over, so most listeners hear the hero first.
And而且當然 of course there有 is Superman超人這個角色，the comic-book hero from 1938來自1938年的漫畫英雄——the flying man in the red cape那個穿紅披風會飛的人。He他 is so famous that he has taken the word over紅到把這個詞整個佔為己有，so所以 most listeners大部分人 hear the hero first第一個想到的是這個英雄。
A note on how it feels today: -man words are slowly falling out of favour, and many speakers now say superhero, or use for a woman doing too much at once.
A note一個小提醒 on how it feels today關於它現在給人的感覺：-man words「-man」結尾的詞 are slowly falling out of favour正慢慢變得不那麼受歡迎，and而 many speakers很多人現在 now say superhero改說 superhero，or或 use superwoman for a woman doing too much at once用 superwoman 來說一個一次做太多事的女性。
組成super- (above, beyond) + man. It is a calque — an English word built piece by piece to copy German Über- ('above') + mensch ('human being').
同家族的字
- superhumansame super- 'above, beyond' the human level
- superiorsame Latin super- 'above'
- superwomanthe same word rebuilt for a woman
原始詞典資料7 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。
Supermanname/ˈs(j)uːpə(ɹ)mæn/
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A fictional comic-book superhero with superhuman strength and speed, X-ray vision, and the ability to fly.
- […] hoping against hope that she, with something like Superman's X-ray vision, might see through the photograph and behind it to the truth about Harris's architecture.
- But here's the big question: can this rip-snorting derivative lay 210 bhp down through its front wheels without forcing you to maintain Superman levels of grip on the steering wheel? Yes.
Supermannoun/ˈs(j)uːpə(ɹ)mæn/
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hobbieslifestylemotorcyclingA stunt in which the rider releases both hands from the handlebars in mid-air.
- [page 77] Riders should adapt their own style when doing Supermans, and shouldn't get hung up trying to do it the same way that someone else does. […] [page 79] An extension of the Superman is a trick called the Superman Seat Grab. Even more impressive than the Superman itself, this trick was again brought over from the BMX world, […] During the Superman Seat Grab, […] the rider lets go of the left side of the bars and grabs either a cutout in the rear number plate or a grab handle that has been previously installed. With his body moved toward the back of the bike, the rider is able to extend the bike way out in front of himself, almost floating behind the machine. […] Whichever way they are done, the Superman and its variations are some of the most impressive and difficult tricks out there.
- I'm still trying to do the tricks Nicknack, Superman, and Bar hop. […] Superman is where you grab the handlebars and let your feet and body free.
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An exercise in which one lies prone and lifts one's arms and legs, with only the abdomen touching the ground.
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A flavor of ice cream that is a mixture of blue moon ice cream, and other ice cream flavors that are colored red and yellow.
supermannoun/ˈs(j)uːpəmæn/
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human-sciencesphilosophysciencesAn imagined superior type of human being representing a new stage of human development; an übermensch; (loosely), a man of extraordinary powers.
- Nietzsche wrote of the coming of the superman.
- Man does desire an ideal Superman with such energy as he can spare from his nutrition, and has in every age magnified the best living substitute for it he can find.
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Someone likened to the comics character Superman; a man of seemingly superhuman powers.
- By the latter part of 1848, the throne of Hudson the Railway King who had been called in in 1845 as a superman to save the Eastern Counties Railway, was tottering to its fall, [...].
- I wanted someone whose income combined with mine could afford us a family, an apartment, a car, and all the travel, luxury, and fun we could possibly tolerate. I wanted a Superman.
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。