genius 音标拼音: [dʒ'injəs]
n . 天才,天赋;天才人物;精灵,神灵,守护神
天才,天赋;天才人物;精灵,神灵,守护神
genius n 1 :
someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality ; "
Mozart was a child genius "; "
he '
s smart but he '
s no Einstein " [
synonym : {
genius }, {
mastermind }, {
brain },
{
brainiac }, {
Einstein }]
2 :
unusual mental ability [
synonym : {
brilliance }, {
genius }]
3 :
someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field [
synonym : {
ace },
{
adept }, {
champion }, {
sensation }, {
maven }, {
mavin },
{
virtuoso }, {
genius }, {
hotshot }, {
star }, {
superstar }, {
whiz },
{
whizz }, {
wizard }, {
wiz }]
4 :
exceptional creative ability [
synonym : {
genius }, {
wizardry }]
5 :
a natural talent ; "
he has a flair for mathematics "; "
he has a genius for interior decorating " [
synonym : {
flair }, {
genius }]
Genius \
Gen "
ius \,
n .;
pl .
E . {
Geniuses };
in sense 1 ,
L . {
Genii }.
[
L .
genius ,
prop .,
the superior or divine nature which is innate in everything ,
the spirit ,
the tutelar deity or genius of a person or place ,
taste ,
talent ,
genius ,
from genere ,
gignere ,
to beget ,
bring forth .
See {
Gender },
and cf .
{
Engine }.]
1 .
A good or evil spirit ,
or demon ,
supposed by the ancients to preside over a man '
s destiny in life ;
a tutelary deity ;
a supernatural being ;
a spirit ,
good or bad .
Cf . {
Jinnee }.
Syn :
genie .
[
1913 Webster ]
The unseen genius of the wood . --
Milton .
[
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We talk of genius still ,
but with thought how changed !
The genius of Augustus was a tutelary demon ,
to be sworn by and to receive offerings on an altar as a deity . --
Tylor .
[
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2 .
The peculiar structure of mind with which each individual is endowed by nature ;
that disposition or aptitude of mind which is peculiar to each man ,
and which qualifies him for certain kinds of action or special success in any pursuit ;
special taste ,
inclination ,
or disposition ;
as ,
a genius for history ,
for poetry ,
or painting .
[
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3 .
Peculiar character ;
animating spirit ,
as of a nation ,
a religion ,
a language .
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4 .
Distinguished mental superiority ;
uncommon intellectual power ;
especially ,
superior power of invention or origination of any kind ,
or of forming new combinations ;
as ,
a man of genius .
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Genius of the highest kind implies an unusual intensity of the modifying power . --
Coleridge .
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5 .
A man endowed with uncommon vigor of mind ;
a man of superior intellectual faculties and creativity ;
as ,
Shakespeare was a rare genius .
Syn : {
Genius }, {
Talent }.
Usage :
Genius implies high and peculiar gifts of nature ,
impelling the mind to certain favorite kinds of mental effort ,
and producing new combinations of ideas ,
imagery ,
etc .
Talent supposes general strength of intellect ,
with a peculiar aptitude for being molded and directed to specific employments and valuable ends and purposes .
Genius is connected more or less with the exercise of imagination ,
and reaches its ends by a kind of intuitive power .
Talent depends more on high mental training ,
and a perfect command of all the faculties ,
memory ,
judgment ,
sagacity ,
etc .
Hence we speak of a genius for poetry ,
painting .
etc .,
and a talent for business or diplomacy .
Among English orators ,
Lord Chatham was distinguished for his genius ;
William Pitt for his pre ["
e ]
minent talents ,
and especially his unrivaled talent for debate .
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{
Genius loci }[
L .],
the genius or presiding divinity of a place ;
hence ,
the pervading spirit of a place or institution ,
as of a college ,
etc .
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1913 Webster ]
329 Moby Thesaurus words for "
genius ":
A per se ,
Baba Yaga ,
Calliope ,
Clio ,
Erato ,
Euterpe ,
Geist ,
Lilith ,
Melpomene ,
Muse ,
Polyhymnia ,
Terpsichore ,
Thalia ,
ability ,
ableness ,
academician ,
ace ,
acuity ,
acuteness ,
adept ,
adequacy ,
adroitness ,
afflatus ,
afreet ,
ancestral spirits ,
angel ,
animating spirit ,
animation ,
animus ,
aptitude ,
aptness ,
artistic imagination ,
astuteness ,
attendant godling ,
atua ,
barghest ,
bent ,
body -
build ,
bookman ,
boss ,
brain ,
braininess ,
brains ,
brand ,
brightness ,
brilliance ,
bump ,
cacodemon ,
caliber ,
capability ,
capableness ,
capacity ,
cast ,
champion ,
character ,
characteristic ,
characteristics ,
chief ,
child prodigy ,
classicist ,
clear thinking ,
clerk ,
cleverness ,
colossus of knowledge ,
commander ,
competence ,
complexion ,
composition ,
conception ,
constituents ,
constitution ,
control ,
crackerjack ,
crasis ,
creative imagination ,
creative power ,
creative thought ,
creativity ,
daemon ,
daeva ,
daimonion ,
dean ,
demon ,
devil ,
dexterity ,
dharma ,
diathesis ,
disposition ,
divine afflatus ,
dower ,
dowry ,
dybbuk ,
efficacy ,
efficiency ,
endowment ,
enlivenment ,
equipment ,
esemplastic imagination ,
esemplastic power ,
esprit ,
ethos ,
evil genius ,
evil spirit ,
evil spirits ,
exhilaration ,
expert ,
facility ,
faculty ,
fairy godmother ,
familiar ,
familiar spirit ,
fiber ,
fiend ,
fiend from hell ,
fire ,
fire of genius ,
firing ,
first -
rater ,
fitness ,
flair ,
forte ,
frame ,
fugleman ,
genie ,
genius domus ,
genius loci ,
ghoul ,
giant of learning ,
gift ,
gifted child ,
gifted person ,
giftedness ,
gifts ,
good angel ,
good genius ,
good hand ,
grain ,
grasp ,
great ,
guardian ,
guardian angel ,
guardian spirit ,
guide ,
gyre ,
habit ,
head ,
hellion ,
higher -
up ,
household gods ,
hue ,
humanist ,
humor ,
humors ,
ilk ,
incubus ,
infection ,
infusion ,
ingenuity ,
inspiration ,
instinct ,
intellect ,
intellectual genius ,
intellectual prodigy ,
intelligence ,
inventiveness ,
invisible helper ,
jinni ,
jinniyeh ,
keen -
wittedness ,
keenness ,
kind ,
knack ,
lamia ,
lares and penates ,
lares compitales ,
lares familiaris ,
lares permarini ,
lares praestites ,
lares viales ,
laureate ,
leader ,
leading light ,
learned clerk ,
learned man ,
literary man ,
litterateur ,
long suit ,
lover of learning ,
luminary ,
maestro ,
magician ,
mahatma ,
makeup ,
makings ,
man of genius ,
man of learning ,
man of letters ,
man of parts ,
manes ,
master ,
master hand ,
mastermind ,
mental alertness ,
mental genius ,
mental giant ,
mercurial mind ,
metier ,
mine of information ,
ministering angel ,
mold ,
moving spirit ,
muse ,
mythicization ,
mythification ,
mythopoeia ,
native cleverness ,
natural ,
natural endowment ,
natural gift ,
nature ,
nimble mind ,
nimble -
wittedness ,
nimbleness ,
nonpareil ,
nous ,
numen ,
originality ,
paragon ,
parts ,
past master ,
penates ,
philologist ,
philologue ,
philomath ,
philosophe ,
philosopher ,
physique ,
poetic imagination ,
polyhistor ,
polymath ,
potential ,
power ,
powers ,
practiced hand ,
principal ,
prodigy ,
proficiency ,
property ,
pundit ,
qualification ,
quality ,
quick parts ,
quick thinking ,
quick wit ,
quick -
wittedness ,
quickness ,
rakshasa ,
ready wit ,
ruler ,
sage ,
satan ,
savant ,
savvy ,
scholar ,
scholastic ,
schoolman ,
senior ,
shaping imagination ,
sharp -
wittedness ,
sharpness ,
shedu ,
skilled hand ,
smartness ,
smarts ,
somatotype ,
sort ,
soul ,
special providence ,
speciality ,
specter ,
spirit ,
sprightly wit ,
stamp ,
star ,
streak ,
stripe ,
strong flair ,
strong point ,
student ,
succubus ,
suchness ,
sufficiency ,
superior ,
superman ,
supernatural being ,
superstar ,
susceptibility ,
system ,
talent ,
talents ,
temper ,
temperament ,
tendency ,
tenor ,
the goods ,
the greatest ,
the most ,
the stuff ,
the undead ,
tone ,
top dog ,
topnotcher ,
totem ,
turn ,
tutelar god ,
tutelary ,
type ,
understanding ,
vampire ,
vein ,
virtuoso ,
walking encyclopedia ,
way ,
what it takes ,
whiz ,
wit ,
wizard ,
wonder ,
yogini
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