Tra từ genius - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ge·nius [genius geniuses genii] BrE [ˈdʒiːniəs] NAmE [ˈdʒiːniəs] noun (pl. ge·niuses)
1. uncountable unusually great intelligence, skill or artistic ability
•the genius of Shakespeare
•a statesman of genius
•Her idea was a stroke of genius.
2. countable a person who is unusually intelligent or artistic, or who has a very high level of skill, especially in one area
•a mathematical/comic, etc. genius
•He's a genius at organizing people.
•You don't have to be a genius to see that they are in love!
3. singular ~ for sth/for doing sth a special skill or ability
•He had a genius for making people feel at home.
Idiom: ↑somebody's good genius

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin, attendant spirit present from one's birth, innate ability or inclination, from the root of gignere ‘beget’. The original sense ‘spirit attendant on a person’ gave rise to a sense ‘a person's characteristic disposition’ (late 16th cent.), which led to a sense ‘a person's natural ability’, and finally ‘exceptional natural ability’ (mid 17th cent.).

Thesaurus:
genius noun C
•He was a comic genius.
prodigy • • brain • • mastermind •
Opp: dunce
the genius/brains/mastermind behind sth
a true/child genius/prodigy
a great/scientific genius/brain

Example Bank:
•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.
•She has a genius for sorting things out.
•a work which shows real genius
•a writer of genius
•his genius for pinpointing the absurd
•He was a man of great genius.
•He was undoubtedly the greatest comic genius of his age.
•In flash of pure genius, the answer came to her.
•It's undoubtedly a work of genius.
•She was at the peak of her creative genius.
•She's a genius at getting things organized.
•Some people say that there is only ever one true genius born in each generation.
•That was a stroke of genius.
•You don't have to be a genius to see that this plan is not going to work.
•You're an absolute genius!