used in the names of hotels, newspapers, and manufactured products to indicate superior quality 精益求精[用于旅馆、报纸和产品名称中表示质量上乘] they stayed at the Excelsior. 他们住在“超越”饭店。 ■[mass noun](N. Amer.)softwood shavings used for packing fragile goods or stuffing furniture (北美)细刨花(包装易碎品或家具用的填塞物)
语源
late 18th cent. (as an exclamation): from Latin, comparative of excelsus, from ex- 'out, beyond' + celsus 'lofty'