1650s, "pertaining to stars, star-like," from Late Latin stellaris "pertaining to a star, starry," from stella "star" (see star (n.)). Meaning "outstanding, leading" (1883) is from the theatrical sense of star.
实用例句
1. The French companies are registering stellar profits.
法国各家公司都获利丰厚。
来自柯林斯例句
2. A stellar wind streams outward from the star.
从那颗恒星上不断吹出恒星风。
来自辞典例句
3. They were at stellar distances from her present world.
他们离她现在的世界,简直和天上的星辰一样地遥远.
来自辞典例句
4. Neutron stars are the second exhibit in the gallery of stellar corpses.
中子星是死之恒星陈列馆内第二类样品.
来自辞典例句
5. We can analyze by statistical mechanics the behavior of the stellar substance.
