genius

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n. 天才, 天赋, 精神, 神魔 [医] 特征

发音

UK /ˈd͡ʒiː.ni.əs/
US /ˈd͡ʒin.jəs/
US /ˈd͡ʒi.ni.əs/

词形变化

geniuses 复数 geniuses genii 复数 more genius 比较级 most genius 最高级

别名

genious

教材释义与例句

名词

天才,天赋;精神

释义与例句

n. B2 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    Someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art, etc.

    人才

    天才

    可数 不可数

    She's a genius; she won a Nobel Prize at fifteen!

  2. 2.

    Extraordinary mental capacity.

    天才

    不可数 可数
  3. 3.

    Inspiration, a mental leap, an extraordinary creative process.

    不可数 可数

    a work of genius

    to add a dash of cinnamon amid such umami was pure genius

  4. 4.

    The tutelary deity or spirit of a place or person.

    可数 比喻 宗教 神话 哲学 不可数

    and the genius of the place: the growing enthusiasm for codified standards in the Army and Navy

adj.
  1. 1.

    Ingenious, brilliant, very clever, or original.

    非正式

    What a genius idea!

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词源

From Latin genius (“inborn nature; a tutelary deity of a person or place; wit, brilliance”), from gignō (“to beget, produce”), Old Latin genō, from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-. Doublet of genio. See also genus and genie.

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