[mass noun]natural aptitude or skill 天赋 he possesses more talent than any other player. 他比别的选手都更有天赋。 [count noun]she displayed a talent for garden design. 她对园艺设计很有天赋。 ■people possessing such aptitude or skill 有天赋的人 I signed all the talent in Rome. 我记下了罗马所有的天才。 [count noun]Simon is a talent to watch. 西蒙是个善于观察的人。 ■(informal)people regarded as sexually attractive or as prospective sexual partners (非正式)性感的人;可能成为性伙伴的人 most Saturday nights I have this urge to go on the hunt for new talent. 绝大多数周六晚上我都有这种想要猎取新的性伙伴的冲动。
a former weight and unit of currency, used especially by the ancient Romans and Greeks (尤指古罗马人和古希腊人使用的重量和货币单位)塔兰特
派生 talentless adjective 语源
Old English talente, talentan (as a unit of weight), from Latin talenta, plural of talentum 'weight, sum of money', from Greek talanton. Sense 1 is a figurative use with biblical allusion to the parable of the talents (Matt. 25:14–30)