prodigy

英 [ˈprɒdədʒi]

美 [ˈprɑːdədʒi]

n.  (年轻的)天才，奇才，精英; 神童

复数：prodigies　

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牛津词典

noun

• （年轻的）天才，奇才，精英；神童
  a young person who is unusually intelligent or skilful for their age
  1. a child/an infant prodigy
     天才儿童；神童
  2. a musical prodigy
     音乐奇才

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （有音乐、数学或体育等天赋的）天才，奇才，神童
  Aprodigyis someone young who has a great natural ability for something such as music, mathematics, or sport.
  1. ...a Russian tennis prodigy.
     俄罗斯的网球奇才

英英释义

noun

• an impressive or wonderful example of a particular quality
  1. the Marines are expected to perform prodigies of valor
• a sign of something about to happen
  1. he looked for an omen before going into battle
  Synonym:omenportentpresageprognosticprognostication
• an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person
  1. she is a chess prodigy

双语例句

• For years, no one knew what had become of this marvelous, one-time musical prodigy.
  经过许多年，都没人知道这位曾经令人惊叹的音乐天才发生了什麽事。
• He was a child prodigy who soon became interested in the scientific study of nature.
  他是个神童，自幼就对自然的科学研究产生了浓厚的兴趣。
• I want your blessing to accelerate prodigy.
  我希望你批准加速实行''天才''计划。
• She was a child prodigy, giving concerts before she was a teenager.
  她是个神童，十来岁不到就举办音乐会了。
• He was a mathematical prodigy.
  他是一位数学天才。
• But what exactly is a child prodigy?
  但“神童”到底怎么定义？
• He was always a Negro prodigy who played barbarously and wonderfully.
  他始终是一个黑人的奇才，这种奇才弹奏起来粗野而惊人。
• As a child, Bobby Jones was a golf prodigy.
  还是孩子的时候，鲍比·琼斯就是高尔夫球场上的天才。
• Said our son was a prodigy.
  说我儿子是个天才。
• Dressed in a ridiculous costume, he was presented at court as a child prodigy of six.
  穿了一套可笑的服装，他被人以六岁神童的称号带到宫廷里去。