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prodigy 音標拼音: [pr'ɑdədʒi] n. 驚人的事物,不凡的人,神童 驚人的事物,不凡的人,神童 prodigy n 1: an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration; "she is a chess prodigy" 2: a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle" [synonym: {omen}, {portent}, {presage}, {prognostic}, {prognostication}, {prodigy}] 3: an impressive or wonderful example of a particular quality; "the Marines are expected to perform prodigies of valor" Prodigy \Prod"i*gy\, n.; pl. {Prodigies}. [ L. prodigium; pro before (perh.) a word appearing in adagium adage: cf. F. prodige. Cf. {Adage}. ] [1913 Webster] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] So many terrors, voices, prodigies, May warn thee, as a sure foregoing sign. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Anything so extraordinary as to excite wonder or astonishment; a marvel; as, a prodigy of learning. [1913 Webster] 3. A production out of ordinary course of nature; an abnormal development; a monster. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] Syn: Wonder; miracle; portent; marvel; monster. [1913 Webster] 92 Moby Thesaurus words for "prodigy": A per se, abnormality, ace, amazement, anomaly, astonishing thing, astonishment, boss, brain, champion, chief, child prodigy, commander, conversation piece, crackerjack, curio, curiosity, dean, enchantment, exception, fantasy, ferlie, first-rater, fugleman, gazingstock, genius, gifted child, gifted person, good hand, great, head, higher-up, improbability, intellect, intellectual genius, intellectual prodigy, laureate, leader, leading light, luminary, magician, mahatma, man of genius, man of parts, marvel, marvelment, master, master hand, mastermind, mental genius, mental giant, miracle, museum piece, natural, nonesuch, nonpareil, oddity, paragon, past master, phenomenon, practiced hand, principal, prodigiosity, quite a thing, rarity, ruler, sage, senior, sensation, sight, sign, skilled hand, something else, spectacle, star, strange thing, stunner, superior, superman, superstar, talent, the greatest, the most, top dog, topnotcher, virtuoso, whiz, wizard, wonder, wonderful thing, wonderment, wonderwork co-developed by {IBM} and Sears, Roebuck, Inc. Prodigy's main competitors are {AOL} and {Compuserve}. (1995-03-01)
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