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A prodigy is a young person with a natural gift — music, maths, chess, sport — the kind of skill that makes adults stop and look. English almost always keeps the “young” part: we say a child prodigy, a piano prodigy. A grown person with the same gift is more often a genius, or simply brilliant.
A prodigy神童 is a young person是一個年輕人 with a startling natural gift擁有驚人的天生才能 — music, maths, chess, sport像音樂、數學、西洋棋、運動 — the kind of skill那種本事 that makes adults stop and look會讓大人忍不住停下來看. English英文 almost always keeps the "young" part幾乎都會保留「年輕」這部分: we say a child prodigy, a piano prodigy我們會說「child prodigy」、「piano prodigy」（神童、鋼琴神童）. A grown person一個成年人 with the same gift擁有同樣的天賦 is more often a genius, or simply brilliant比較常被說成是天才，或就是「很厲害」.
The word is common in newspapers and proud family stories; it is , but it can also put a heavy light on a child.
The word這個詞 is common in newspapers and proud family stories常出現在新聞和驕傲的家庭故事裡; it is admiring它帶著讚賞的意味, but it can also put a heavy light on a child但也可能讓一個孩子承受很重的目光.
Though actually, it comes from Latin for an or sign. For a long time a prodigy could be any wonder, even a strange or one. The “talented child” sense is the one you will meet now, but that older “marvel / sign” flavour is why the word still feels a little bigger than “smart kid.”
Though actually不過事實上, it comes from Latin它源自拉丁文, for an omen or prophetic sign意思是「預兆」或「徵兆」. For a long time長久以來 a prodigy這個字 could be any wonder可以指任何一種奇事, even a strange or frightening one甚至是奇怪或可怕的那種. The "talented child" sense「有天分的小孩」這個意思 is the one you will meet now是你現在會遇到的用法, but that older "marvel / sign" flavour但那個較古老、「奇蹟／徵兆」的味道 is why the word still feels a little bigger than "smart kid"就是為什麼這個字感覺比「聰明小孩」還要大一點的原因.
組成From Latin prōdigium, “omen, portent, prophetic sign,” through Middle English prodige. The old idea was “something that appears as a sign”; later a wonder; later still, a child with astonishing skill.
同家族的字
- prodigiousfrom the same Latin prōdigium; “like a wonder,” then “amazingly great”
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
prodigynoun/ˈpɹɒdɪd͡ʒi/
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An extraordinary occurrence or creature; an anomaly, especially a monster; a freak.
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An amazing or marvellous thing; a wonder.
- He is never chased; he would run away with rope-walks of line. Prodigies are told of him.
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A wonderful example of something.
- Traffic at Dover Marine has developed far beyond anything envisaged when the station was built. The layout has become rather cramped, and prodigies of organisation are performed annually by all concerned to save complete saturation.
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An extremely talented person, especially a child.
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archaicAn extraordinary thing seen as an omen; a portent.
- These on the farther bank now stood and gazed, / By Heaven alarm’d, by prodigies amazed: / A signal omen stopp’d the passing host, / Their martial fury in their wonder lost.
- Prodigies and Portents have infected the beſt VVritings of Antiquity; and have ſo blotted and deformed our modern Annals, that (vvith greater Juſtice than Polybius has obſerv'd it, of the former) they may be rather called Tragedies than History.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。