prodigy
- n. 奇跡,奇事;奇才;奇觀;預(yù)兆
詞態(tài)變化
助記提示
2. 公司到悄悄到別的公司去挖人,當(dāng)然是要挖奇才啦!
中文詞源
來自拉丁語prodigium,預(yù)言,預(yù)兆,奇怪的預(yù)示,妖怪,來自pro-,向前,-igium,說,預(yù)言,可能來自PIE*ag,說,詞源同adage.后用于指天賦異稟的孩子,天才,神童。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. She was a child prodigy, giving concerts before she was a teenager.
- 她是個神童,十來歲不到就舉辦音樂會了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She was a child prodigy on the violin.
- 她是神童小提琴手.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. For further information on the life of William James Sidis, see Amy Wallace, "The Prodigy".
- 想了解關(guān)于威廉·詹姆斯·西迪斯生平的更多信息,請參閱埃米·華萊士所著《神童》。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Something of a prodigy, he quit high school at 17.
- 帶有幾分傳奇色彩的是, 他在十七歲念高中時退學(xué).
來自辭典例句
- 5. He was always a Negro prodigy who played barbarously and wonderfully.
- 他始終是一個黑人的奇才,這種奇才彈奏起來粗野而驚人.
來自辭典例句