genius

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
/ˈd͡ʒiː.ni.əs/    /ˈd͡ʒin.jəs/|/ˈd͡ʒi.ni.əs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art, etc. countable
    — She's a genius; she won a Nobel Prize at fifteen!
  2. Extraordinary mental capacity. uncountable
    — Excuse, therefore, the shortcomings of genius under the sudorific influence of the summer solstice; for be assured that the vertical sun, however it may dulcify and mature cherries, plums, and other fruitful ‘plumpitudes,’ is by no means favorable to the development of intellectual products.
  3. Inspiration, a mental leap, an extraordinary creative process. uncountable
    — a work of genius
  4. The tutelary deity or spirit of a place or person. Roman,also,countable,figuratively
    — and the genius of the place: the growing enthusiasm for codified standards in the Army and Navy
形容词 adj.
  1. Ingenious, brilliant, very clever, or original. informal
    — What a genius idea!

词形变化

geniuses plural genii plural more genius comparative most genius superlative

词源

词源 1
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.
词源 2
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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