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

• 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。
• 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。
• Typically, an infant prodigy on the violin or piano will go from zero to Concerto in two years.
  一般来说，一位小提琴或钢琴神童从零开始到可以演奏协奏曲只需要两年。
• An 11-year-old child prodigy has started his first semester in college.
  11岁的天才少年已经开始了他第一学期的大学生活。
• 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。
• She thinks he's a prodigy.
  她说他是个天才神童。
• 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。
• The report of such a prodigy awakened my curiosity.
  这些奇迹的传闻，激起了我的好奇心。
• He was a child prodigy who made his first professional tour as a pianist when he was six.
  他是一个神童，6岁时就作为钢琴家作了首场职业巡回演出。
• But what exactly is a child prodigy?
  但“神童”到底怎么定义？