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

• I have a friend whose youngest daughter is a child prodigy on the violin.
  我有一个朋友她最小的女儿是一个小提琴天才。
• That child prodigy began to compose at the age of five.
  那个神童五岁就开始作诗了。
• I want your blessing to accelerate prodigy.
  我希望你批准加速实行''天才''计划。
• Said our son was a prodigy.
  说我儿子是个天才。
• 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。
• But what exactly is a child prodigy?
  但“神童”到底怎么定义？
• The report of such a prodigy awakened my curiosity.
  这些奇迹的传闻，激起了我的好奇心。
• In his drunken enthusiasm, Melchior conceived the idea of creating a musical prodigy.
  在酒后的狂热中，他动了要创造一个音乐神童的念头。
• Of the prodigy of all wraths, said others.
  另一些人说，这是所有的愤怒创造出来的奇迹。