英语单词

prodigy是什么意思

prodigy

英 ['prɒdɪdʒɪ] 美 ['prɑdədʒi]
  • n. 奇迹,奇事;奇才;奇观;预兆

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

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