英汉词典

brain 基本解释

• n. 头脑，智力；脑袋
• vt. 猛击…的头部
• n. (Brain)人名；(英)布雷恩

brain 词态变化

brain 中文词源

词源不详。

brain 英文词源

brain

brain: [OE] Old English brægen came from a Germanic *bragnam. Its rather restricted distribution in modern Germanic languages (apart from English brain there is only Dutch and Frisian brein) suggests that in prehistoric times it may have been limited to the area of North Germany where the Low German dialects were spoken, but it may well have some connection with Greek brekhmós ‘forehead’.

brain (v.)

"to dash the brains out," late 14c., from brain (n.). Related: Brained; braining.

brain (n.)

Old English brægen "brain," from Proto-Germanic *bragnam (cognates: Middle Low German bregen, Old Frisian and Dutch brein), from PIE root *mregh-m(n)o- "skull, brain" (cognates: Greek brekhmos "front part of the skull, top of the head"). But Liberman writes that brain "has no established cognates outside West Germanic ..." and is not connected to the Greek word. More probably, he writes, its etymon is PIE *bhragno "something broken."

The custom of using the plural to refer to the substance (literal or figurative), as opposed to the organ, dates from 16c. Figurative sense of "intellectual power" is from late 14c.; meaning "a clever person" is first recorded 1914. Brain teaser is from 1923. Brain stem first recorded 1879, from German. Brain drain is attested from 1963. An Old English word for "head" was brægnloca, which might be translated as "brain locker." In Middle English, brainsick (Old English brægenseoc) meant "mad, addled."

brain 词组搭配

brain 英文释义

1. that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord

2. mental ability;

"he's got plenty of brains but no common sense"

3. that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason;

"his mind wandered"

"I couldn't get his words out of my head"

4. someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality;

"Mozart was a child genius"

"he's smart but he's no Einstein"

5. the brain of certain animals used as meat

brain 双语例句

1. The horrors he experienced are imprinted, perhaps indelibly, in his brain.

他经历的恐怖事件在他脑海中刻下了深深的，或许是难以磨灭的印记。

来自柯林斯例句

2. She has a first-class brain and is a damned good writer.

她头脑相当灵光，是个非常棒的作家。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Hallucination is common in patients who have suffered damage to the brain.

脑部受损的病人常会产生幻觉。

来自柯林斯例句

4. He was witty, amusing and gifted with a sharp business brain.

他机智诙谐，具有敏锐的商业头脑。

来自柯林斯例句

5. What I said sometimes didn't register in her brain.

有时我说的话她根本没听进去。

来自柯林斯例句

brain 实用场景例句

You need brains as well as brawn (= intelligence as well as strength) to do this job.

这项工作既需要脑力又需要体力。

牛津词典

one of the best scientific brains in the country

国家最优秀的科技人才之一

牛津词典

He's always been the brains of the family.

这家人数他聪明。

牛津词典

The band's drummer is the brains behind their latest venture.

这位乐队鼓手是他们最近一次活动的策划人。

牛津词典

He has sex on the brain.

他脑子里想的全是性。

牛津词典

Teachers spotted that he had a good brain at an early age.

老师们发现他小时候就很聪颖。

牛津词典

It doesn't take much brain to work out that both stories can't be true.

不必费多大脑筋就知道，两种说法不可能都是真的。

牛津词典

She died of a brain tumour.

她死于脑瘤。

牛津词典

a device to measure brain activity during sleep

检测睡眠时脑部活动的仪器

牛津词典

sheep's brains

羊脑

牛津词典

damage to the brain

脑部损伤

牛津词典

brain cells

脑细胞

牛津词典

He had threatened to brain him then and there.

他当时就威胁要打爆他的脑袋。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

They stood over him with clubs raised as if to beat his brains out.

他们举着棍子监视着他，好像要揍扁他的脑袋。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Give me all your money or I'll blow your brains out...

把你所有的钱都给我，否则我就一枪把你的脑袋打开花。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He blew his brains out with a shotgun.

他用一支猎枪射中了他的脑袋。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

You've had chess on the brain since you were little.

你从很小的时候就对下棋产生了浓厚兴趣。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Why should a successful company allow another firm to pick its brains?

为什么一个成功的企业就得允许别的公司来讨教呢？

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Some investigators regarded her as the brains of the gang.

一些调查员认为她是该团伙的决策者。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

They were not the only ones to have brains and ambition...

并不是只有他们聪明、有志向。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

I had a good brain and the teachers liked me.

我很聪明，老师们都喜欢我。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Mr White was the brains behind the scheme...

怀特先生是该项计划的幕后策划者。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Stretch your brain with this puzzle.

用这个智力游戏锻炼你的思维能力。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Once you stop using your brain you soon go stale...

一旦停止用脑，人很快就会变得迟钝。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Her father died of a brain tumour.

她父亲死于脑瘤。

柯林斯高阶英语词典