savant
noun[C]
formaluk/ˈsæv.ənt/us/sævˈɑːnt/apersonwith a highlevelofknowledgeorskill,especiallysomeone who is lessablein otherways:
(尤指在其他方面缺乏能力的)博学之士,学者,专家There aremusicalsavants who are veryawkwardphysically- until theysitat thepiano.有些音乐专家平时举止显得不自然,但一旦坐在钢琴面前就大不一样。
Experts and specialists
- academician
- artist
- authority
- boffin
- child prodigy
- doyen
- doyenne
- historiographer
- hotshot
- knowsomethinginside outidiom
- lapidary
- literati
- pundit
- pyrotechnician
- Renaissance man
- semiotician
- skilled
- whizz
- wonder
- wunderkind