有道翻译官
最近，英⼤很发愁：
吃顿美⾷说very good；
看完电影说very good；
喝杯奶茶说very good；
⼼情愉快说very good；
啥好都说very good！
也许你⽐英⼤强⼀点，还知道awesome. 但是，就没有别的⾼级表达了吗？
这不，我发愤图强学了18个awesome的同义词，感觉整个世界都亮了！
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thriven and thro
极好的，卓越的
Thriven here appears to derive from the n meaning ‘advanced in growth’, but thro is not found– instead it was ud in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries to mean ‘stubborn’. Together, as ‘thriven and thro’, they were an epithet ud in alliterative poetry to call someone excellent.
这⾥thriven的含义由‘快速⽣长’⽽来，但是并没发现thro从何处演化⽽来——相反，
在14、15、16世纪它意为‘固执的’。‘thriven and thro’放到⼀起，在头韵诗歌⾥⽤来
称赞某⼈是卓越的。核酸采样
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gradely
出⾊的，漂亮的
Although the earliest known n of gradely probably referred to people and meant
‘ready’or‘prompt’, by 1400 the word could be ud to refer to objects – to label them awesome. You
might not be understood if you said this in London or Cornwall, but it’s still wide in u in the north of England.
虽然gradely原意指⼈，意为“准备好的”，“迅速的”，但是到1400年时这个词就⽤来指
物，说明某物是极好的。如果你在伦敦或者康沃尔使⽤这个词，⼈们可能⽆法理解
你在说什么，但是在英格兰北部，这个词仍然被⼴泛使⽤。
3
eximious
优良的，卓越的
Eximious comes from Latin eximius, meaning ‘lect, choice, outstanding, exceptional’. And it was common in 17th-century literature as a way of describing someone distinguished.
Eximious由拉丁单词eximius演化⽽来，意为“精选的”、“仔细推敲的”、“杰出的”、“超
常的”。Eximious形容某⼈卓越优秀，在⼗七世纪的⽂学中被⼴泛使⽤。
中文歌曲>党代表选举
4
jelly
优秀的
Around 1560, according to current rearch – jelly may be related in some way to jolly, although the phonetic change has no parallel. The u is also a little different – describing someone excellent, but with a high opinion of themlves.
1560年左右，根据当时的⼀个报告，在某种程度上⼈们把jelly和jolly联系在⼀起，虽
然两者的发⾳并不相同。但是jelly的⽤法有⼀点不同——他指某个⼈很优秀，但是主
观⾊彩浓厚。
5
topgallant
最⾼的，最佳的
Originally a nautical noun, relating to the head of the topmast, the adjective later developed from this literal n to a figurative one, to designate anything lofty or grand.
Topgallant原本是⼀个描述航海的名词，指的是中桅的最⾼处。其形容词词义后来从
其字⾯意义发展为⽐喻意义，指某物崇⾼或者伟⼤。
6
prestantious
卓越的
From the Latin praestāntia, meaning ‘excellence’, this adjective has the distinction of being both rare and obsolete – with only one instance recorded in the OED.
Prestantious由拉丁词汇praestāntia演化⽽来，意为“卓越”，“优秀”。这个形容词还忏悔的意思
有“稀少的”和“⽼式的”的意思——仅在⽜津词典中有⼀个收录的例⼦。
7
gallows
美妙的，卓越的
The earliest n of the adjective gallows means ‘fit for the gallows’ – that is, derving to be hanged. In the same way that wicked and bloody have come to mean their rever, gallows became a slang adjective meaning ‘excellent ’, first found in 1789.
形容词gallows本意为‘适合绞刑架的’——也就是说应该被绞死的。Wicked和bloody
的意义也与其本意相反，同样1789年俚语gallows作为“优秀的”的含义第⼀次被发
现。嘈杂的近义词
8
budgeree
绝妙的，顶好的狡兔三窟是什么意思
This Australian colloquialism dates back to the 18th century, and derives from an Aboriginal languag
e.
这个澳⼤利亚⽅⾔可以追溯到18世纪，是由⼟著居民的语⾔演化⽽来。
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supernacular
极好的
显示器发黄Particularly ud to describe drinks, supernacular is the adjective equivalent of the slang noun supernaculum, meaning ‘a drink to be consumed to the last drop’.
专指酒，Supernacular是名词俚语supernaculum的形容词形式。supernaculum⽤来
形容⼀饮⽽尽的酒。
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jam / jam-up
极好的，卓越的
From the adverb jam or jam-up (meaning ‘cloly, in clo contact ’) developed the adjectival meaning ‘excellent, perfect, thorough’, in colloquial u. One could thus, conceivably, jam up jam-up jam, if you were stacking shelves of awesome strawberry prerve.
在⼝语中，该词由副词jam或者jam-up(意为‘亲密的，紧密联系’)演化为形容词，意
初中生怎么赚钱为‘卓越的，完美的，详尽的’。
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boss
卓越的，精巧的
The adjective boss, meaning ‘excellent, masterly’, developed earlier than one might imagine from attributive u of the noun in collocation with occupational titles, e.g. ‘boss shoemaker’,‘boss carpenter’, etc.— the first truly adjectival u recorded in the OED is from 1881: ‘No country in the world could make such a boss-show as the United States.’
形容词boss意为‘卓越的，精巧的’，其发展历史要⽐其作为名词定语，置于职业名称
之前的历史还要长。例如，‘卓越的制鞋匠’，‘卓越的⽊匠’等。据⽜津词典记
载，boss第⼀次作为形容词使⽤是在1881年：‘世界上没有任何⼀个国家可以像美国
⼀样做出如此卓越的表演。’
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fizzing
卓越的
Many verbs have come to have an adjectival slang n of ‘excellent’ – such as ripping, topping, and rattling. Fizzing is another example.
许多动词的形容词都有⼀层俚语含义，意为‘卓越的’。例如，ripping、topping、和
rattling。Fizzing 也是⼀个例⼦。
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bad
好的，令⼈敬畏的
Bad can, of cour, be the antonym of awesome, but its slang u to mean ‘good’ is well-known – popularized by the 1987 Michael Jackson song ‘Bad’.
可想⽽知，bad是awesome的反义词，但是迈克尔·杰克逊的歌曲‘Bad’，使bad作
为‘好的，令⼈敬畏的’的含义为众⼈所知晓。
14
deevy
极好的
Deevy is an alteration of divvy, which is (in turn) a slang abbreviation of divine. Early us cited in OED include examples from the works of Elinor Glyn, Vita Sackville West, and E.F. Benson.
Deevy是divvy的变形，divvy是divine的俚语缩写形式。其早期的⽤法在⽜津词典中
有所提及。
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<
极好的
< – as an initialism for ‘very good’ – may well not be new to you, but you might be surprid to find that it’s been part of the English language since at least as far back as the 1860s.
<是‘very good’的⾸字母缩略词–这可能对你来说并不新奇，但是你会很惊讶的发
现⾄少从19世纪60年代以来，v.g.就已经是组成英语的⼀部分了。
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bosker
极好的
This Australian and New Zealand slang adjective, of unknown origin, also appears in the form boscar and boshter. More familiar will be the similar bonzer (also meaning ‘extremely good’), which – it has
been suggested – may be an alteration of bonanza.
Bosker是澳⼤利亚和新西兰的形容词俚语，出处不明，也以boscar和boshter的形式
出现。我们可能更加熟悉bonzer（也意为‘极好的’），据说它是bonanza的变形。
17
jake
卓越的
This originally American adjective is now ud further afield. If you want some alternatives, Australian and New Zealand slang have jakeloo, jakealoo, and jakerloo.
Jake作为⼀个美国的形容词，现在在更加⼴泛的地区使⽤，如果你要找⼀些jake的
替代词，澳⼤利亚和新西兰俚语中的jakeloo, jakealoo，和jakerloo都是不错的选择。
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bodacious
极好的
Although dating back to the 19th century with the n ‘complete, thorough’, this adjective later appeared in American slang as a synonym for awesome. The word was greatly popularized by the teen film Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989).
上溯到19世纪，bodacious意为‘完全的，整个的’，后来这个形容词作为awesome的
同义词出现在美国俚语中。《⽐尔和泰德历险记》使bodacious这个词开始流⾏。
好多好多awesome的⾼级表达，够我们学好⼀会了，⼜可以在朋友⾯前炫耀⼀番了！
