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

• That child prodigy began to compose at the age of five.
  那个神童五岁就开始作诗了。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• But what exactly is a child prodigy?
  但“神童”到底怎么定义？
• 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。
• The report of such a prodigy awakened my curiosity.
  这些奇迹的传闻，激起了我的好奇心。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。