单词 | superb |
释义 | superbadj. 1. a. Of a building, monument, etc.: of noble proportions or appearance; magnificent, imposing. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [adjective] > magnificent > specifically of buildings superbc1550 c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) iii. 20 The kyng anchises lamentit the distructione of the superb troy. 1584 T. Hudson tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Hist. Judith v. sig. G Now growes weed & herbe, where sometime stood his palaces superbe. 1683 Britanniæ Speculum 111 Their humble Cottages he changed into fair Houses and stately Palaces, superb Porticoes, and sumptuous Baths. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 416 Behind the quire is the superb Chapell of Ferdinand I. 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. II. 268 This superb obelisk was, by order of Sixtus V…removed. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth III. xiii. 257 In this mood, the vindictive and ambitious Earl entered the superb precincts of the Pleasance. 1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest II. x. 508 The church itself..gradually gave way to the superb structure with which we are all familiar. 1937 Life 12 Apr. 62/2 (caption) These superb ruins looking down on Benito Mussolini..are not in Italy. They are in North Africa. 2000 M. Palmer & N. Palmer Spiritual Traveler 125 Wealthy and important pilgrims would probably have stayed overnight at the superb palace of the Bishop of Lincoln. b. Of a person or thing: grandly and sumptuously equipped, arrayed, or decorated; splendid. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [adjective] > sumptuous richc1275 costful1340 costious1340 costlewa1387 costlya1400 costy?c1430 sumptuous1458 opimec1540 dapatical1623 pollucible1623 opiparous1628 lautitious1648 opimous1656 superb1669 plushy1884 plush1890 Ritzian1908 1669 ‘Eleutherius’ tr. L. M. Du Bail Famous Chinois ii. 115 The next morning in a superb array marched the army out of Paquin to the place appointed. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1658 (1955) III. 224 Saw the superb Funerall of the Protectors. 1763 C. Churchill Ghost iv. 155 A superb and feather'd hearse, Bescutcheon'd and betagg'd with Verse. 1795 Gentleman's Mag. July 607/1 A superb watch, set with brilliants. 1816 Morning Post 9 Sept. A superb Gas Chandelier..has been erected in the Grand Staircase. 1895 B. M. Croker Village Tales (1896) 80 The great processional elephant..had a superb cloth-of-gold canopy. 1932 ‘E. M. Delafield’ Thank Heaven Fasting ii. iii. 44 Lady Marlowe, superb..in her low-cut green satin, with an emerald tiara. 1998 Daily Tel. 22 Oct. 16/4 Some of the most superb silver-gilt to be auctioned since the Second World War will be sold at Sotheby's. c. attributive. In the names of plants and animals: having a beautiful or striking appearance.See also Compounds. ΚΠ 1761 J. Hill Veg. Syst. II. ii. 163 (heading) Superb Eternal Flower..is a native of the Cape, a perennial, with a woody stem. 1783 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds II. ii. 709 Superb Pheasant, Phasianus superbus. 1802 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. III. ii. 433 Superb Snake. Coluber Elegantissimus..appears to be a beautiful species, measuring about two feet in length. 1884 Girl's Own Paper 28 June 614/2 The superb menura, or lyre-bird. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 795/1 The death adder, the brown, the black, the superb, and the tiger snakes [of Australia]. 1999 Guardian 15 Jan. (Friday Review section) 12/2 For more exotic species, like the Superb Starling in Las Transfiguration, he did resort to gramophone records. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > [adjective] highOE rankOE proudOE quaint?c1225 stoutc1315 proud-heartedc1400 gobbedc1440 pridyc1485 high-minded?1503 superb1561 proud-heart1591 tiptoe1593 sublime1596 high-headed1599 magnificent1603 side1673 vaunty1724 perked-up1754 spicy1768 jelly1828 Latin1914 1561 R. Norvell Meroure f. 34v Wicked Haman, superbe and glorious. 1654 E. Wolley tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Curia Politiæ 166 If they be too superb and haughty their pride is to be punished with severity. a1697 J. Aubrey Brief Lives: W. Oughtred (1898) II. 111 Before he dyed he burned a world of papers, and sayd that the world was not worthy of them; he was so superb. 1746 H. McCullough Let. 17 Mar. in E. Ò. Ciardha Ireland & Jacobite Cause (2002) vi. 304 Our Irish are grown so superb on account of this war that they don't know what end of them is uppermost. 1770 T. Percy tr. P. H. Mallet Northern Antiq. I. p. liii The inaccessible and superb tyrants of Asia. 1855 F. L. Hawks Romance of Biogr. 179 The Duke of Austria..was too superb to engage in this humble occupation [of laying masonry]. 3. Of immaterial things (as attributes, actions, language, etc.): grand, stately, majestic.Now rare or merged in sense 4. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [adjective] higheOE drightlikeOE highlyOE drightfula1225 prouda1275 principalc1385 solemna1387 gentlec1390 high and mighty1400 imperial?c1400 royalc1405 kinglyc1425 sublimatec1425 lordfulc1429 lordlyc1440 assumpt1447 raiseda1450 haught1470 kinglikec1485 lordlike1488 triumphant1494 greatlya1500 princely?a1510 supereminent1531 princelike1532 lofta1547 lofty1548 regal1561 supernal1562 haughty1563 excelse1569 queen-like?1571 majestical1578 erecteda1586 augustious1591 ennobled1592 imperious1592 enthronized1593 august1594 high-born1598 sublimed1602 jovial1604 majestic1606 enthroned1609 starred1615 exalted1623 majestuous1633 reared1638 sublimary1655 majestative1656 kingrik1663 superb1663 grand1673 celse1708 stilted1744 canonized1790 queenly1791 apotheosized1794 princified1857 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > lofty or grandiloquent magnificenta1460 statelya1525 magnifical1533 tragical1533 lofty1565 tragic1566 sublime1586 over-high1587 magnific1589 heroic1590 buskina1593 grandiloquous1593 full-mouthed1594 high-pitched1594 buskined1595 full-mouth1595 high-borne1596 altisonant1612 Roman1619 high-sounding1624 transcendent1631 magniloquent1640 loud1651 altiloquent1656 grandiloquent1656 largiloquent1656 altisonous1661 tall1670 elevate1673 grandisonous1674 sounding1683 exalted1684 grandisonant1684 grandific1727 magniloquous1727 orotund1799 superb1825 spread eagle1839 grandiose1840 magnisonanta1843 togated1868 elevated1875 mandarin1959 1663 H. Savage Dew of Hermon 26 So is this [University] empty of Students and riches, having nothing left to commend it besides the superbe name. 1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber v. 95 Mrs. Barry..had a Presence of elevated Dignity, her Mien and Motion superb. 1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 751 Or is thine house, though less superb thy rank, If not a scene of pleasure, a mere blank. View more context for this quotation 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 90 The superb language of Job. a1834 S. T. Coleridge Notes & Lect. on Shakespeare (1875) 220 The lines, as epic narrative, are superb. 1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. vii. 79 A superb breadth of proportion. 1872 Daily News 12 Apr. 4/6 The superb theatricisms..of the elder Pitt. 1961 Times 2 Aug. 11/6 Its leading articles, and even its news coverage, will have a superb Victorian gravitas. 4. As a general term of enthusiasm, admiration, or emphatic approval: very fine, splendid, magnificent, excellent. Now the usual sense. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adjective] > very excellent or first-rate gildenc1225 prime1402 rare1483 grand1542 holy1599 pre-excelling1600 paregal1602 classic1604 of (the) first rate1650 solary1651 first rate1674 superb1720 tip-top1722 tip-top-gallant1730 swell1819 topping1822 of the first (also finest, best, etc.) water1826 No. 11829 brag1836 A11837 A No. 11838 number one1839 awful1843 bully1851 first class1852 class1867 champion1880 too1881 tipping1887 alpha plus1898 bonzer1898 grade A1911 gold star1917 world-ranking1921 five-star1936 too much1937 first line1938 vintage1939 supercolossal1947 top1953 alpha1958 fantabulous1959 beauty1963 supercool1965 world-class1967 primo1973 1720 W. Congreve Impossible Thing 12 Not all the Wiles that Hell could hatch Could conquer that Superb Mustach. 1753 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) III. 251 As to the Italian story, it is one of the finest things I ever read in my life; was ever a superb family better described! 1756 H. Walpole Corr. Aug. (1973) XXXV. 266 The Great Road as far as Stamford is superb... It is continued much farther, but is more rumbling. 1813 T. Moore Intercepted Lett. iii. 4 His pâtés superb—and his cutlets sublime! 1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey III. v. ix. 178 The dinner was sumptuous—the wines superb. 1872 H. I. Jenkinson Guide Eng. Lake District 176 During the descent there are superb views of a portion of the higher reach of Ullswater. 1910 G. B. Shaw in Nation 19 Mar. 969/2 To those of us who are neither deaf nor blind..she was a superb Elektra. 1968 Times 8 Apr. 16/4 (advt.) Treat them to a superb lunch..on board the Restaurant-ship Hispaniola. 1976 B. Donoughue Diary 16 Mar. in Downing St. Diary (2005) xxiv. 700 Heath was superb. But Thatcher got it wrong again. 2003 J. Mullaney We'll be Back 207 I downloaded the pictures from my digital camera... The quality is superb. Compounds In the names of beautiful or striking plants and animals, esp. Australian birds; cf. sense 1c. superb bird of paradise n. a New Guinea bird of paradise, Lophorhina superba, the male of which is chiefly black with an iridescent blue-green breast shield and a black mantle or cape, both of which are erected and spread in a spectacular courtship display. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > [noun] > family Paradisaeidae (bird of paradise) > other types of kingbird1704 superb bird of paradise?a1808 manucode1835 standardwing1859 ?a1808 Universal Syst. Nat. Hist. IV. 418 (heading) The Superb Bird of Paradise. 1984 Condor 86 126/1 Of the 30 visits by other birds, four were by larger birds, the Rainbow Lory (Trichoglossus haematodus..) and Superb Bird of Paradise. 2008 J. Haffer Ornithol., Evol., & Philos. 55 The hunters brought two adult males of the Superb Bird of Paradise. superb blue wren n. = superb fairy wren n. ΚΠ 1908 Emu 8 17 I picked out from the pleasant babel of sound the notes of the..Noisy Miner, Superb Blue Wren (Malurus cyaneus), Laughing Jackass, [etc.]. 1945 C. Barrett Austral. Bird Life 192 First of the fairy-wrens to be discovered was..the superb blue wren or superb warbler. 1999 A. Atkins in R. L. Kitching et al. Biol. of Austral. Butterflies v. 101 I have also observed the Superb Blue Wren (Malurus coronatus) capture a rapid-flying Trapezites symmomus. superb fairy wren n. a small long-tailed songbird of south-east Australia, Malurus cyaneus (family Maluridae), the male of which has contrasting blue and blackish upperparts; also called superb blue wren, superb warbler. ΚΠ 1984 A.N.U. Reporter (Canberra) 26 Oct. 5 A female superb Fairy-Wren had just commenced constructing her dome-shaped nest. 1993 Auk 110 588/1 We describe features of the reproductive anatomy of the Superb Fairy-Wren (Malurus cyaneus), a small Australian passerine. 2011 D. B. Lindenmayer What Makes Good Farm for Wildlife? iii. 60 (caption) Relationships between the occurrence of the Superb Fairy-wren in plantings and grazing. superb lily n. (a) any of several lilies of the genus Gloriosa (formerly Methonica), native to tropical regions of the Old World; esp. G. superba, with a scrambling growth habit and flowers with long reflexed petals, typically orange or red and yellow (now rare); (b) (chiefly North American) the Turk's-cap lily of North America, Lilium superbum. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > allied flowers dog's tooth1578 daylily1597 mountain saffron1597 phalangium1608 Savoy spiderwort1629 hemerocallis1648 tuberose1664 St Bruno's lily1706 superb lily1731 agapanthus1789 Spanish squill1790 erythronium1797 Tritoma1804 Spanish harebell1808 veltheimia1808 adder's tongue1817 bunch flower1818 Puschkinia1820 hedychium1822 eremurus1836 flame lily1841 lily pink1848 mountain spiderwort1849 lloydia1850 kniphofia1854 garland-flower1866 red-hot poker1870 swamp-lover1878 African lily1882 flame-flower1882 Scarborough lily1882 wood-lily1882 St. Bernard lily1883 torch-lily1884 rajanigandha1885 ginger lily1892 chinkerinchee1904 snow lily1907 sand lily1909 avalanche lily1912 Spanish bluebell1924 mountain lily1932 chink1949 poker1975 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Methonica There is but one Species of this Plant at present known, which is..Malabar Methonica, or The Superb Lily of Ceylon. 1806 B. M'Mahon Amer. Gardener's Cal. 534 The lilies called Martagons are..L. superbum, or Superb Lily, L. Martagon, or purple Martagon Lily, [etc.]. 1855 W. Thompson Eng. Flower Garden 155 The Superb Lily, L. superbum, is a very beautiful species, producing a large number of blossoms of a fine orange-red, spotted with purplish-brown. 1915 Chem. Abstr. 9 2885 This plant [sc. Gloriosa superba]..is native to India and Ceylon and is also known as the ‘Superb Lily’. 2006 R. H. Mohlenbrock This Land 93 The superb lily is another species designated endangered by Illinois. superb lyrebird n. a lyrebird of south-east Australia, Menura novaehollandiae, the male of which has a long lyre-shaped tail used in a spectacular courtship display, and a remarkable song that includes much mimicry. ΚΠ 1874 Appleton's Jrnl. 17 Oct. 503/2 A superb lyre-bird arches its glistening neck, and curves its shining tail-feathers into the old, immortal harp-form. 1929 A. H. Chisholm Birds & Green Places 89 In the richly vegetated areas of the east coast of Australia..along the coast of New South Wales (the superb lyre-bird). 1997 G. Pizzey Field Guide to Birds of Austral. 536 Male Superb Lyrebirds display on low, circular mounds scratched clear of vegetation. superb parrot n. a parrot of south-east Australia, Polytelis swainsonii, the male of which is chiefly green with a yellow face and throat and a red chest band; also called Barraband's parakeet, green leek.Formerly used also of other Australian parrots of the genus Polytelis. ΚΠ 1869–73 T. R. Jones tr. A. E. Brehm Cassell's Bk. Birds I. 69 Among the Australian parrots the superb parrots (Polytelis) remind us most of those just described. 1917 Bulletin (Sydney) 7 June 24/4 Another rare parrot is the green leek, or superb parrot. 2006 Jrnl. Field Ornithol. 77 345/2 The Superb Parrot is endemic to the forests and woodlands of south-eastern Australia and is listed as endangered in Victoria. superb warbler n. Australian (now chiefly historical) = superb fairy wren n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > [noun] > subfamily Malurinae (wren-warbler) > genus Malurus superb warbler1789 warbler1790 1789 A. Phillip Voy. Botany Bay 157 Superb Warbler. 1847 F. W. L. Leichhardt Jrnl. Overland Exped. Austral. iii. 80 We also observed the superb warbler, Malurus cyaneus of Sydney. 1926 Brisbane Courier 1 May 19/2 Our best known native wrens are the wonderful little ‘superb warblers’ of which the favourite of all is the blue-cap. 2001 P. Olsen Feather & Brush 28 Latham's earlier publication..had contained a few Australian species, such as the Superb Warbler collected on Cook's third voyage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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