| 单词 | brain |
| 释义 | brain /brein; bren/ n 1 (sing) (in man and animals) the mass of soft grey matter in the head, centre of the nervous system: (单数) (人类或动物的) 脑 (为神经系统的中枢)： The human is a com plex organ. 人类的脑是一复杂的器官 0 The creature's ~ weighs a quarter of a kilo. 这动物的脑重四分之一公斤。 the illus at head. 参看 head 之插图。 2 (colloq, usu pl) skull and brain (1) thought of together: (U,通常用复数) 头脑; 脑袋： He fell and dashed his ~s out on the rocks. 他摔在岩石上，脑袋开了花。 blow out one's ~s, → blow' (13). 3 (pl) animal's ~s, eaten as food: (复)(供作食物之动物的) 脑： calfs/sheep's ~s. 牛 (羊) 脑。 4 (colloq, usu sing) mind; intellect: (俗，通常用单数) 心智; 智力; 智慧; 脑筋; 脑子： have a good ~; 有一副好脑筋; 很聪明; one's ~(s). 动脑筋; 运用智慧。 beat/rack one's ~(s) (about sth), think very hard. (为某事) 绞脑汁; 苦思。 have sth (eg money, sex) on the ~, think constantly about it. 经常想着某事 (如金钱、性问题等) 。 fax one's ~, set oneself/be set a difficult mental task. 绞尽脑汁。 pick sb's ~(s), learn and use his ideas. 剽窃或抄袭某人的思想。 5 [C] clever, brilliant person: 聪明卓越的人： He's the ~ of the school staff. 他是学校敎験员的智囊。 6 (compounds) (复合字) child n original idea, etc attributed to a person or group. (某人或某一群人的) 脑力的产物 (如创见等) 。 '~drain n → drain' (2): '~fag n (colloq) mental exhaustion: (俗) 精神疲劳; 神经衰弱; 脑表竭： suffering from ~-/hg. 患神经衰弱。 ' ~ fever n inflammation of the ~ 脑膜灵。 ~-storm n mental upset with uncontrolled emotion, eg weeping, and violence. 脑猝变; 脑猝病 (一种情绪不能控制，如哭泣及行为暴烈的精神错乱) 。 '~-teaser n difficult problem; puzzle. 困难的问题; 难题。 'B~ s Trust n group of reputed experts giving advice, or answering questions put to them by members of an audience. (K 供忠吿，或答复听众或观众所提出的问题的) 专家小组; 智囊团。 '~washing n process of forcing a person to reject old beliefs and accept new beliefs by use of extreme mental pressure, eg persistent questioning. 洗脑 (使用极端的精神击迫，如长时间的审问，以达到迫使某人放弃旧思想接受新思想之过程) 。 ' ~ wave n (colloq) sudden inspiration or bright idea. (俗) 突然的灵感; 灵机一动。 vt [VP6A] kill by a heavy blow on the head: 猛击头部以打死： ~ an ox. 击牛之头以毙之。 ~Mess adj stupid. 无头脑的; 愚笨的。 ~ Y adj (-ier, -iest) clever. 鹿明的。 |
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