Supernumerary

[,suːpə'njuːm(ə)r(ə)rɪ;,sjuː-] or ['sʊpɚ'nʊmə'rɛri]

解释:

(noun.) a minor actor in crowd scenes.

(noun.) a person serving no apparent function; 'reducing staff is difficult because our employees include no supernumeraries'.

琼整理--From WordNet

解释:

(a.) Exceeding the number stated or prescribed; as, a supernumerary officer in a regiment.

(a.) Exceeding a necessary, usual, or required number or quality; superfluous; as, supernumerary addresses; supernumerary expense.

(n.) A person or thing beyond the number stated.

(n.) A person or thing beyond what is necessary or usual; especially, a person employed not for regular service, but only to fill the place of another in case of need; specifically, in theaters, a person who is not a regular actor, but is employed to appear in a stage spectacle.

桃乐茜编辑

同义词及近义词：

a. Odd, redundant, in excess, above the regular number, left over (from a specified number).

手打:利

解释:

adj. over and above the number stated or which is usual or necessary.—n. a person or thing beyond the usual necessary or stated number: one who appears on the stage without a speaking part.

彻姬塔编辑