| 释义 |
phenom, n. U.S. colloq.|fɪˈnɒm|
[Abbrev.]
= phenomenon n. 3; esp. an unusually gifted person, a prodigy.
1895W. C. Gore in Inlander Nov. 64 Phenom.., phenomenon. Something out of the ordinary. 1950in Wentworth & Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang (1960) 385/1 Sawyer's two other 24-year-old [baseball] phenoms. 1976National Observer (U.S.) 28 Feb. 16/2 The kid was a local celebrity; some would say a phenom. 1986New Yorker 16 June 121/1 He has a series of run-ins with a militant black rookie phenom. 1991Sports Illustr. May 58/2 Yankee scout Bill Essick took off in the same direction to look at Vaughan, the shortstop phenom. |