| 单词 | polymath |
| 释义 | polymath (once / 107449 pages) n A polymath is a person who knows a lot about a lot of subjects. If your friend is not only a brilliant physics student but has also published a poetry collection and won prizes at political debates, you can describe her as a polymath. You can think of a polymath as a classic "Renaissance man." Imagine Leonardo da Vinci, for example, who was not only an amazing artist, but also an engineer, inventor, mathematician, and much more. When a person's knowledge covers many different areas, he or she is a polymath. The Greek word for it is polymathes, "having learned much," with poly meaning "much," and manthanein meaning "learn." WORD FAMILYpolymath: polymaths USAGE EXAMPLESCastro meanwhile was celebrated as a counter-culture idol and a magnetic if messianic polymath. Time(Nov 26, 2016) Her late brother Phillip, a political scientist, did not stint in using words like “polymath” and “genius” when speaking of his sister. The New Yorker(Nov 21, 2016) Both are polymaths who seemed to excel at whatever they tried. Los Angeles Times(Nov 10, 2016) n a person of great and varied learning Hyper initiate, learned person, pundit, savant someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field |
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