prodigy
英 ['prɒdɪdʒɪ]
美 ['prɑdədʒi]
助记提示
1. 向前挖出一个奇迹.
2. 公司到悄悄到别的公司去挖人，当然是要挖奇才啦！
中文词源
prodigy 天才，神童来自拉丁语prodigium,预言，预兆，奇怪的预示，妖怪，来自pro-,向前，-igium,说，预言，可能来自PIE*ag,说，词源同adage.后用于指天赋异禀的孩子，天才，神童。
英文词源
- prodigy (n.)
- late 15c., "sign, portent, something extraordinary from which omens are drawn," from Latin prodigium "prophetic sign, omen, portent, prodigy," from pro- "forth" (see pro-) + -igium, a suffix or word of unknown origin, perhaps from *agi-, root of aio "I say" (see adage). Meaning "child with exceptional abilities" first recorded 1650s.
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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. She was a child prodigy on the violin.
- 她是神童小提琴手.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. 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》。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Something of a prodigy, he quit high school at 17.
- 带有几分传奇色彩的是, 他在十七岁念高中时退学.
来自辞典例句
- 5. 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.
来自辞典例句