prodigy

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

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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。

词态变化


复数: prodigies;

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!

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

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.