someone with a very great ability that usually shows itself when that person is a young child奇才,天才
The 16-year-old tennis prodigy is the youngest player ever to reach the Olympic finals.这位16岁的网球天才是迄今打进奥林匹克决赛的最年轻的选手。
He read in the paper about a mathematical prodigy who was attending university at the age of twelve.他在报纸上看到一则12岁就上大学的数学奇才的报道。