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

  1. (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

  1. N-COUNT (有音乐、数学或体育等天赋的)天才,奇才,神童
    A prodigy is 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

双语例句

  1. 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。
  2. For further information on the life of William James Sidis, see Amy Wallace, 'The Prodigy'.
    想了解关于威廉·詹姆斯·西迪斯生平的更多信息,请参阅埃米·华莱士所著《神童》。
  3. But what exactly is a child prodigy?
    但“神童”到底怎么定义?
  4. Most define a child prodigy as someone who masters one or more skills at an early age.
    大部分的人将神童定义为早年就专精一种或一种以上技能的人。
  5. 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。
  6. 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。
  7. James appears to be a genuine prodigy.
    詹姆斯看起来真的是一位天才少年。
  8. His sister Tiara, also a child prodigy, was present as well.
    他的妹妹提亚娜(Tiara)也是个小神童,她也来了。
  9. He was a mathematical prodigy.
    他是一位数学天才。
  10. 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。
  11. 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。
  12. Violin prodigy as stern is, he does not feel happy in the least.
    斯特恩虽然是个小提琴天才,他一点也不幸福。
  13. The report of such a prodigy awakened my curiosity.
    这些奇迹的传闻,激起了我的好奇心。
  14. I want your blessing to accelerate prodigy.
    我希望你批准加速实行''天才''计划。
  15. That child prodigy began to compose at the age of five.
    那个神童五岁就开始作诗了。
  16. 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。
  17. Two or three months went by without any mention of my being a prodigy.
    两三个月过去了,这期间,她不再提起我可以成为神童这类事了。
  18. 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。
  19. He began a relationship with one of his pupils, Charlotte Brent, a soprano and former child prodigy.
    他开始与他的学生,夏洛特布伦特,一女高音和前神童之一的关系。
  20. 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。
  21. 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。
  22. 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。
  23. She thinks he's a prodigy.
    她说他是个天才神童。
  24. Said our son was a prodigy.
    说我儿子是个天才。
  25. Eric became a child prodigy at the side of his experienced father.
    埃里克成为神童在一边,他经历了父亲。
  26. 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。
  27. 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。
  28. Combine in yourself the dove and the serpent, nor as a monster but as a prodigy.
    把鸽子和毒蛇结合到你身上,这并不像个妖怪,而更像个奇才。
  29. I need to know about prodigy.
    我要知道有关''天才''的事。
  30. Leibniz was another child prodigy.
    另一个神童是莱布尼兹。

英英释义

noun

  1. an impressive or wonderful example of a particular quality
    1. the Marines are expected to perform prodigies of valor

  2. a sign of something about to happen
    1. he looked for an omen before going into battle

    Synonym:    omenportentpresageprognosticprognostication

  3. an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person
    1. she is a chess prodigy