Virtuoso



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.演艺精湛的人
• ［英］ n.演艺精湛的人 ( a person who has great skill at some endeavor)
• ［类］ virtuoso : skill / potentate : power ( 艺术家要有技能 / 当权者要有权利) 反义词: mediocrity ( 平庸之才)
• ［记］ virtu ( 好, 美德) +oso

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural -sos or virtuosi)

• Etymology: Italian, from virtuoso, adjective, virtuous, skilled, from Late Latin virtuosus virtuous, from Latin virtus
• Date: 1651
• 1. an experimenter or investigator especially in the arts and sciences ; savant
• 2. one skilled in or having a taste for the fine arts
• 3. one who excels in the technique of an art; especially a highly skilled musical performer (as on the violin)
• 4. a person who has great skill at some endeavor <a computer virtuoso><a virtuoso at public relations>
• ? virtuosic adjective
• ? virtuoso adjective

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