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superhero

/soo-per-heer-oh/US // ˈsu pərˌhɪər oʊ //UK // (ˈsuːpəˌhɪərəʊ) //

超级英雄,超人,超级明星,英雄

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural su·per·he·roes.

    • : a morally righteous hero in a fictional work who possesses extraordinary abilities or supernatural powers and uses them to fight evil, as in comic books and movies: Many classic superheroes wear masks to maintain their secret identities.

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Examples

  • As the pioneer of two gigantic genres — the swashbuckler and the superhero movie — “The Mark of Zorro” earned its entry into the National Film Registry in 2015.

  • When he watched the now-famous “No Man’s Land” scene, when Wonder Woman makes her superhero introduction on a World War I battlefield, “I remember being very aware that I was having an emotional experience to an action sequence,” he said.

  • The studio had already announced a similar policy for the superhero blockbuster “Wonder Woman 1984,” which will hit big and small screens on Christmas Day — a decision that many considered a one-off.

  • Prowse said the most satisfying period of his acting career was the years he spent playing the Green Cross Code Man, a cape-wearing superhero who warns children to follow safety rules when crossing streets.

  • Think of this system as your own personal team of superheroes.

  • Now Jena Malone is 30, and with roles in Inherent Vice, The Hunger Games, and a massive superhero film, all the rage.

  • But it is particularly galling to watch the feminist superhero be treated in such a way.

  • Brash, crass, and overflowing with wiseass attitude, he remains the ultimate postmodern superhero.

  • Brash, crass, and sporting a perpetually raised eyebrow, Ash Williams remains the ultimate postmodern superhero.

  • A conservative coloring book publisher is out with a new title imagining the tea party heartthrob as a bona fide superhero.

  • For this is the secret of the soul: when the hero hath abandoned it, then only approacheth it in dreams—the superhero.