1
- higher in rank, status, or quality（官衔, 地位, 质量）较高的; 上级的; 高质的：
a superior officer
上级军官
it is superior to every other car on the road.
它比其他在路上跑的车质量都好。
1.1
- of high standard or quality高标准的; 优质的：
superior malt whiskies.
优质麦芽威士忌酒。
1.2
- greater in size or power（数量或力量）占优势的：
deploying superior force.
部署优势兵力。
1.3
- predic.( superior to) above yielding to or being influenced by不屈服的; 不受影响的：
I felt superior to any accusation of anti-Semitism.
我觉得自己与任何有关反犹太的指控无关。
1.4
- having or showing an overly high opinion of oneself; supercilious自大的, 傲慢的：
that girl was frightfully superior.
那个女孩傲慢得吓人。
2
- chiefly Anatomy further above or out; higher in position【主剖】在上的; 在其他器官之上的。
2.1
- (of a letter, figure, or symbol) written or printed above the line（字母, 数字, 符号）上标的。
2.2
- Astronomy (of a planet) having an orbit further from the sun than the earth's【天文】（行星）比地球离太阳更远的, 轨道在地球轨道以外的。
2.3
- Botany (of the ovary of a flower) situated above the sepals and petals【植】（花的子房）上位的, （子房）在萼上的。
1
- a person or thing superior to another in rank, status, or quality, especially a colleague in a higher position上级; 长官; 优质物品：
obeying their superiors' orders.
服从上级的命令。
1.1
- the head of a monastery or other religious institution修道院院长（或其他宗教机构的负责人）。
2
- Printing a superior letter, figure, or symbol【印刷】上标字母（或数字、符号）。
派生词
superiorly
adverb （一般用于形容词义项2）词源
late Middle English: from Old French superiour, from Latin superior, comparative of superus 'that is above', from super 'above'.