Word of the Day：June 12, 2021
virtuoso
技艺精湛的；技巧超群的
noun ver-choo-OH-soh
Definition
1：one who excels in the technique of an art; especially：a highly skilled musical performer (as on the violin)
精通艺术技艺的人；特别是：高技巧的音乐表演者(如小提琴)
2：an experimenter or investigator especially in the arts and sciences : savant
在艺术及科学领域的研究员或调研人员：学者
3：one skilled in or having a taste for the fine arts
精通美术或有美术品位的人
4：a person who has great skill at some endeavor
一个在某些方面有高超技艺的人
Examples
"Perhaps most captivating is the sheer range of strange, delicate and piercing sounds the brilliant Bjarke Mogensen draws from the accordion; who needs synthesizers when you have this virtuoso in your ensemble? — The New York Times, 6 May 2021
也许最吸引人的是比亚克·莫根森(Bjarke Mogensen)从手风琴中奏出的一系列奇特、精致和尖锐的声音；有了这位大师，谁还需要合成器呢？
"But a true original style is never achieved for its own sake: a man may pay from a shilling to a guinea, according to his means, to see, hear, or read another man's act of genius; but he will not pay with his whole life and soul to become a mere virtuoso in literature, exhibiting an accomplishment which will not even make money for him, like fiddle playing." — George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman, 1905
但是，但真正的原创风格永远不会因为它本身而实现：一个人可以根据他的能力支付从一个先令到一个几尼的报酬去看、听或（解）读另一个人的天才行为；但他不会为了成为一个纯粹的文学大师而付出一生和灵魂的代价，甚至也不会表明像老提琴手「fiddle playing」那样，不能为他带来金钱的成就。
Did You Know?
English speakers borrowed the Italian noun virtuoso in the 1600s, but the Italian word had a former life as an adjective meaning both "virtuous" and "skilled." The first virtuosos (the English word can be pluralized as either virtuosos or, in the image of its Italian forbear, as virtuosi) were individuals of substantial knowledge and learning ("great wits," to quote one 17th-century clergyman). The word was then transferred to those skilled in the arts and to skilled musicians, specifically. In time, English speakers broadened virtuoso to apply to a person adept in any pursuit.
17世纪，English speakers 借用了意大利名词 virtuoso，但这个意大利语之前是一个形容词，意为“virtuous「有道德的」”和“skilled「有技能的」”。最初（起初） virtuosos ( 英文复数形式可以是 virtuosos，或者按照其 Italian forbear，virtuosi)是拥有大量知识和学识的人(用17世纪一位牧师的话来说就是“gret wits「伟大的智慧」”)。这个词后来被用来形容那些擅长艺术的人，特别是熟练的音乐家。随着时间的推移，English speakers 把 virtuoso 这个词扩大到了可以用于任何领域的人。
Test Your Vocabulary
Fill in the blanks to complete a word for a musical passage requiring exceptional agility and technical skill: _ _ av _ _ a.