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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary ge·nius ETYMOLOGY Latin, tutelary spirit, natural inclinations, from gignere to beget DATE 1513 1. a. plural genii : an attendant spirit of a person or place b. plural usually genii : a person who influences another for good or bad 2. a strong leaning or inclination : penchant 3. a. a peculiar, distinctive, or identifying character or spirit b. the associations and traditions of a place c. a personification or embodiment especially of a quality or condition 4. plural usually genii : spirit , jinni 5. plural usually geniuses a. a single strongly marked capacity or aptitude had a genius for getting along with boys — Mary Ross b. extraordinary intellectual power especially as manifested in creative activity c. a person endowed with transcendent mental superiority; especially : a person with a very high IQ Synonyms: see gift English Etymology genius 1390, from L. genius "guardian deity or spirit which watches over each person from birth; spirit, incarnation, wit, talent," from root of gignere "beget, produce" (see kin), from PIE base *gen-"produce." Meaning "person of natural intelligence or talent" first recorded 1649. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 genius ge·nius / 5dVi:niEs / noun(pl. ge·niuses) 1. [U] unusually great intelligence, skill or artistic ability 天才；天资；天赋: the genius of Shakespeare 莎士比亚的天才 a statesman of genius 天才的政治家 Her idea was a stroke of genius. 她的主意是聪明的一着。 2. [C] a person who is unusually intelligent or artistic, or who has a very high level of skill, especially in one area 天才人物；(某领域的)天才: a mathematical / comic, etc. genius 数学、喜剧等天才 He's a genius at organizing people. 他是人员组织方面的天才。 You don't have to be a genius to see that they are in love! 傻子也能看出他们相爱了！ 3. [sing.] ~ for sth / for doing sth a special skill or ability (特别的)才能,本领: He had a genius for making people feel at home. 他有一种能够使人感觉轻松自在的本领。 IDIOMS ▪ sb's good / evil 'genius (especially BrE) a person or spirit who is thought to have a good / bad influence over you 给人以好(或坏)影响的人；保护(或毁灭)人的神魔 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English genius noun 1 very great and unusual ability ADJ. great, pure, real | natural QUANT. flash, stroke, touch In a flash of pure genius, she realized the answer to the problem. It was a stroke of genius on my part to avoid such awkward questions. VERB + GENIUS have She has a genius for sorting things out. | show a work which shows real genius GENIUS + VERB lie in sth His genius lies in his ability to convey pure terror in his work. PREP. of ~ a writer of genius | ~ for his genius for pinpointing the absurd 2 person with great and unusual ability ADJ. great | natural | eccentric, wayward | artistic, comic, creative, literary, mathematical, military, musical, etc. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition n. Function: noun Synonyms: GIFT 2, aptness, bent, bump, faculty, flair, head, knack, talent, turn Related Words: creativity, ingenuity, inventiveness, originality; astuteness, brains, grasp, intellect, intelligence, understanding Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: genius loci ge·nius \ˈjēnyəs also -nēəs\ noun (plural geniuses \-əsə̇z\ ; or ge·nii \-nēˌī also -nˌyī\ ; see numbered senses) Etymology: Latin, from gignere to beget — more at kin 1. plural genii : an attendant spirit of a person or place : tutelary deity < every human being has a genius … associated with him from the moment of conception — C.D.Forde & G.I.Jones > 2. a. : a strong leaning or inclination : decided taste : bent , penchant < fate did not allow him to indulge his genius till those last few years — Norman Douglas > b. (1) : peculiar, distinctive, or identifying character : essential nature or spirit : prevailing taste or sentiment < at odds with the genius of the theater — Time > < a spirit hostile to the genius of our government — John Marshall > < suited to the genius of a free people — Robert Cutler > < the genius of the age we have under discussion — Benjamin Farrington > < the genius of Elizabethan literature > (2) : a personification or embodiment especially of a quality or condition : incarnation < essentially the genius of the mediocre — H.J.Laski > c. : the distinctive character or quality of a place or the body of traditions and influences associated with it < under the spell of the genius of the ancient university town > < the genius of this land was in its great irregularity and variety — Donald Davidson > 3. plural usually genii a. : a nature spirit or an elemental spirit : genie , demon < these malevolent genii of the deep — Norman Douglas > b. : a person who influences another (as in character or behavior) for good or bad < he was the evil genius of that unhappy prince > 4. plural usually geniuses a. (1) : a singular strongly marked capacity or aptitude : notable talent < had a genius for getting along with boys — Mary Ross > < a genius at … carpentry — Tom Corkery > < has a genius for cooking — H.E.Scudder > (2) : a strongly marked tendency, disposition, or flair of any kind < developing a genius for making people furious — W.J.Reilly > < has a genius for understatement — John Buchan > < has a positive genius for saying the wrong thing > b. : extraordinary native intellectual power especially as manifested in unusual capacity for creative activity of any kind < in the contemporary novel genius is hard to find, talent is abundant — British Book News > c. : a person endowed with transcendent mental superiority, inventiveness, and ability < the rare, fortunate geniuses like the Curies, Darwin, or Newton — Oliver La Farge > specifically : a person with a very high intelligence quotient usually in the range of 140 or above Synonyms: see gift |
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