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brains

/breyn/US // breɪn //UK // (breɪn) //

大脑,头脑,脑子,脑子里的想法

Related Words

intellect智力,理智,智慧,理智的head头,头部,头颅,头头scholar学者,学家,学人,学者们pundit学者,专家学者,风云人物,观点家doctor医生,医师,博士,大夫sage圣人,贤人,贤士,贤者intellectual知识分子,知识份子,知识分子的,知识份子的prodigy神童,奇才genius天才,天才的,天赋,天才的人egghead书呆子,书生,蛋头,蛋头人highbrow高层人士,高明的人,高贵的人,高明mastermind主谋,主导者,主人翁,主脑academician院士,院士长,学者,学会wit智慧,诙谐,聪明人,聪明的人mentality思维方式,思维模式,思维,思维定势cerebellum小脑encephalon脑部,大脑,脑,大脑中枢cerebrum大脑,脑膜,大脑的,大脑的作用gray matter灰色物质,灰物质,灰色体质,灰质medulla oblongata延髓,延髓区,延髓部,延髓部的

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
    • : Zoology. a part of the nervous system more or less corresponding to the brain of vertebrates.
    • : Sometimes brains. understanding; intellectual power; intelligence.
    • : the brain as the center of thought, understanding, etc.; mind; intellect.
    • : brains, Slang. a member of a group who is regarded as its intellectual leader or planner: The junior partner is the brains of the firm.
    • : Informal. a very intelligent or brilliant person.
    • : Informal. the controlling or guiding mechanism in a computer, robot, pacemaker, etc.the part of a computer system for coordination or guidance, as of a missile.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to smash the skull of.
    • : Slang. to hit or bang on the head.

Phrases

  • brain drain
  • brain someone
  • brain trust
  • beat one's brains out
  • blow one's brains out
  • on one's mind (the brain)
  • pick someone's brains
  • rack one's brains

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounvery smart person
Synonyms
intellect智力,理智,智慧,理智的einstein爱因斯坦,温斯坦,温斯顿,斯坦academician院士,院士长,学者,学会doctor医生,医师,博士,大夫egghead书呆子,书生,蛋头,蛋头人genius天才,天才的,天赋,天才的人highbrow高层人士,高明的人,高贵的人,高明intellectual知识分子,知识份子,知识分子的,知识份子的mastermind主谋,主导者,主人翁,主脑prodigy神童,奇才pundit学者,专家学者,风云人物,观点家sage圣人,贤人,贤士,贤者scholar学者,学家,学人,学者们
nounmind, intelligence
Synonyms
head头,头部,头颅,头头intellect智力,理智,智慧,理智的cerebellum小脑cerebrum大脑,脑膜,大脑的,大脑的作用encephalon脑部,大脑,脑,大脑中枢mentality思维方式,思维模式,思维,思维定势wit智慧,诙谐,聪明人,聪明的人gray matter灰色物质,灰物质,灰色体质,灰质medulla oblongata延髓,延髓区,延髓部,延髓部的upper story上层楼,上层建筑,上面的故事,上层

Examples

  • If you read the reactions, she was billed as ‘Beauty and Brains.’

  • Three films about British brains show the trouble of bringing otherworldly intelligence to the big screen.

  • Even Tony Hogue and his friend, who was a JF Images booking agent, had trouble wrapping their brains around it.

  • But both Lauper and the Brains kept on doing new versions over the years.

  • It took a special, meticulous kind of person to accomplish the undertaking, someone with brains, patience, and nerves of steel.

  • Rather blow out your own brains than treat with enmity those who are your liberators.

  • Any Frenchman having Lord Granville's brains would make a great deal more out of them in a speech.

  • The rich dark coloring is the pledge of your safety—better there than darkening your own brains.

  • The Irish, according to Everards, used large quantities of snuff "to purge their brains."

  • We do not blame the maniac who burns a house down and brains a policeman, nor the mad dog who bites a minor poet.

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