• n. 奇跡，奇事；奇才；奇觀；預兆

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.后用于指天賦異稟的孩子，天才，神童。

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.

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".

想了解關于威廉·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