资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Prodigy \Prod"i*gy\, n.; pl. {Prodigies}. [ L. prodigium; pro
   before + (perh.) a word appearing in adagium adage: cf. F.
   prodige. Cf. {Adage}. ]
   1. Something extraordinary, or out of the usual course of
      nature, from which omens are drawn; a portent; as,
      eclipses and meteors were anciently deemed prodigies.

            So many terrors, voices, prodigies, May warn thee,
            as a sure foregoing sign.             --Milton.

   2. Anything so extraordinary as to excite wonder or
      astonishment; a marvel; as, a prodigy of learning.

   3. A production out of ordinary course of nature; an abnormal
      development; a monster. --B. Jonson.

   Syn: Wonder; miracle; portent; marvel; monster.