whizz-kid
noun[C]
UKinformal(USwhiz-kid)uk/ˈwɪz.kɪd/us/ˈwɪz.kɪd/ayoungpersonwho is verycleverandsuccessful:
神童；杰出人才They've taken on somefinancialwhizz-kid.他们已经雇用了几名金融奇才。
an intelligent person
- geniusThe system must have been designed by a mathematical genius.
- prodigyHe was something of a prodigy on the piano.
- child prodigyShe was labelled as a child prodigy by her early teachers.
- eggheadThe eggheads at the University have been working on this for years.
- brainsThe well-known comedian is the brains behind the new sitcom.
- whizz-kidUKThey hired some uni whizz-kid to lead the firm.
Experts and specialists
- academician
- artist
- authority
- boffin
- child prodigy
- doyen
- doyenne
- historiographer
- hotshot
- knowsomethinginside outidiom
- lapidary
- literati
- pundit
- pyrotechnician
- Renaissance man
- savant
- semiotician
- whizz
- wonder
- wunderkind
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