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prodigy

/prod-i-jee/US // ˈprɒd ɪ dʒi //UK // (ˈprɒdɪdʒɪ) //

神童,奇才

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural prod·i·gies.

    • : a person, especially a child or young person, having extraordinary talent or ability: a musical prodigy.
    • : a marvelous example.
    • : something wonderful or marvelous; a wonder.
    • : something abnormal or monstrous.
    • : Archaic. something extraordinary regarded as of prophetic significance.

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Examples

  • An art prodigy, Jago quit the Academy of Fine Art in Frosinone at age 20 because he was fed up with the rules and the academic dogma.

  • Hassabis is a former chess prodigy, a master by the time he was 13 and at one time ranked second in the world for his age.

  • The otherworldly gifted guitar prodigy Marcus Machado paints the grisly times that we’re living in using sound on his latest cut called “Shape Shift”.

  • Natural talent or physiological advantages might give you a slight edge, but even a prodigy isn’t going to master all aspects of a game they’ve never played before instantly.

  • Zhang, a programming prodigy, has long been regarded as China’s most independent, if elusive, tech tycoon.

  • Twelve-year-old dance prodigy Maddie Ziegler has suffered the wrath of Dance Moms tyrant Abby Lee Miller.

  • Her integrity had been questioned two years prior, when 60 Minutes sent a camera crew to document the child prodigy in action.

  • At all of seven years old, Aelita Andre has already held the title of “child prodigy” for five years.

  • Quebecois child actor-turned-filmmaking prodigy Xavier Dolan, who wrote his debut feature at just 16.

  • When he was a teenager, the engineering prodigy was head of product at UrbanBaby.

  • To attempt to cut out Mrs. Kaye I should need a little genuine enthusiasm; and frankly, your beloved prodigy does not inspire it.

  • But what is a prodigy of nature, except an event which happens more rarely than some others?

  • At seven the portrait of the prodigy was taken, and engraved by Mr. Sherwin, the artist.

  • Mozart was a child prodigy at six years and maintained his ability through a long life.

  • Nor could popes and sovereigns render too great honor to such a prodigy of genius.