| 单词 | boy genius |
| 释义 | > as lemmasboy genius boy genius n. †(a) extremely promising intellectual or artistic ability which is at an early stage of development (obsolete rare); (b) a precociously clever or talented boy or young man. ΚΠ 1831 A. Cunningham in Edinb. Lit. Jrnl. 5 Feb. 102/2 Be gentle with your pen,..Be as sweet as summer's mouth,..On boy-genius gaining growth. 1846 G. Gilfillan Sketches of Mod. Lit. I. 311 He [sc. Coleridge] is chargeable..in his earlier poems with the usual splendid sins of a boy-genius, imitation and turgidity of language. 1983 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 26 July (Late City Final ed.) c11/1 ‘The Good Earth,’ Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's 1937 film, was dedicated to Irving Thalberg, the studio's boy genius. 2003 A. Konkle in B. J. Mann Edward Albee iv. 49 He was a boy genius (earned his Master's degree in his teens). < as lemmas |
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