Prodigy
['prɒdɪdʒɪ] or ['prɑdədʒi]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) an impressive or wonderful example of a particular quality; 'the Marines are expected to perform prodigies of valor'.
(noun.) an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration; 'she is a chess prodigy'.
埃斯特拉編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) Something extraordinary, or out of the usual course of nature, from which omens are drawn; a portent; as, eclipses and meteors were anciently deemed prodigies.
(n.) Anything so extraordinary as to excite wonder or astonishment; a marvel; as, a prodigy of learning.
(n.) A production out of ordinary course of nature; an abnormal development; a monster.
伊莱錄入
同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Marvel, portent, wonder, miracle.[2]. Monster, monstrosity, mooncalf, unnatural product.
艾玛手打
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Wonder, marvel, portent, monster, miracle,[See MONSTER]
錄入:索尔
解釋/意思:
n. a portent: any person or thing that causes great wonder: a wonder: a monster.—adj. Prodig′ious like a prodigy: astonishing: more than usually large in size or degree: monstrous.—adv. Prodig′iously.—n. Prodig′iousness.
弗洛整理
例句/造句/用法:
- It was all as simple and easy to learn and understand to Dur醤 as chess to a child chess prodigy. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Amelia was bewildered by his phrases, but thought him a prodigy of learning. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- The Infant Prodigy performed wonders. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Carlo was a prodigy of learning for his age. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- On this occasion Mr Barnacle was not engaged, as he had been before, with the noble prodigy at the head of the Department; but was absent. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- I hope you will be pleased with my son; but you must not expect a prodigy. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- He is generally thought a fine young man, but do not expect a prodigy. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- But compared with Dur醤 you were like a good sound chess player against a boy prodigy. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Undoubtedly in the days to come Edison will not only be recognized as an intellectual prodigy, but as a prodigy of industry--of hard work. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- A reg'lar prodigy son! 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- His regiment had performed prodigies of courage, and had withstood for a while the onset of the whole French army. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- In her eyes, we were a pair of glacial prodigies, coldproud, and preternatural. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
安娜贝尔整理