prodigy

🇬🇧 UK/'prɒdidʒi/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

n.

A person, especially a child, with exceptional talent or ability; an amazing or extraordinary thing.

神童;奇才;奇迹

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
proforward, for, before
+
digyother
=prodigy

Common Collocations

  • 1.child prodigy神童
  • 2.musical prodigy音乐神童
  • 3.math prodigy数学天才
  • 4.[natural prodigy]天生奇才

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Mozart was a musical prodigy who composed his first symphony at age eight.

  • 2.

    The young chess prodigy defeated grandmasters twice her age with ease.

  • 3.

    Her parents recognized early that she was a prodigy and enrolled her in advanced courses.

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