prodigy

• n. 奇迹，奇事；奇才；奇观；预兆

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中文词源

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