prodigy
英 ['prɒdɪdʒɪ]
美 ['prɑdədʒi]
助記提示
1. 向前挖出一個奇跡.
2. 公司到悄悄到別的公司去挖人，當然是要挖奇才啦！
中文詞源
prodigy 天才，神童來自拉丁語prodigium,預言，預兆，奇怪的預示，妖怪，來自pro-,向前，-igium,說，預言，可能來自PIE*ag,說，詞源同adage.後用於指天賦異稟的孩子，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".
- 想了解關於威廉·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.
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