brain
英[breɪn] 美[breɪn]
"he's got plenty of brains but no common sense"
"his mind wandered"
"I couldn't get his words out of my head"
"Mozart was a child genius"
"he's smart but he's no Einstein"
1.脑；大脑
Yourbrain is the organ inside your head that controls your body's activities and enables you to think and to feel things such as heat and pain.
e.g. Her father died of abrain tumour.
她父亲死于脑瘤。
2.头脑；智力
Yourbrain is your mind and the way that you think.
e.g. Once you stop using yourbrain you soon go stale...
一旦停止用脑，人很快就会变得迟钝。
e.g. Stretch yourbrain with this puzzle.
用这个智力游戏锻炼你的思维能力。
3.智力；智慧；头脑
If someone hasbrains or a goodbrain, they have the ability to learn and understand things quickly, to solve problems, and to make good decisions.
e.g. They were not the only ones to have brains and ambition...
并不是只有他们聪明、有志向。
e.g. I had a goodbrain and the teachers liked me.
我很聪明，老师们都喜欢我。
4.智囊；出谋划策者
If someone isthe brains behind an idea or an organization, he or she had that idea or makes the important decisions about how that organization is managed.
e.g. Mr White was the brains behind the scheme...
怀特先生是该项计划的幕后策划者。
e.g. 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。
5.猛击…的头部
Tobrain someone means to hit them forcefully on the head.
e.g. He had threatened tobrain him then and there.
他当时就威胁要打爆他的脑袋。
6.把…的脑袋打伤；把…脑袋打开花
Tobeat someone'sbrains out orbash theirbrains in means to hit their head very hard, so that they are badly injured or killed.
e.g. 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。
7.（用枪）把…的脑袋打开花；射中…的头部
Toblow someone'sbrains out means to shoot them in the head, killing them.
e.g. 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。
e.g. He blew his brains out with a shotgun.
他用一支猎枪射中了他的脑袋。
8.一直想着；对…念念不忘
If someonehas somethingon the brain, they keep thinking about it.
e.g. You've had chess on thebrain since you were little.
你从很小的时候就对下棋产生了浓厚兴趣。
9.请教；讨教
If youpick someone'sbrains, you ask them to help you with a problem because they know more about the subject than you.
brain什么意思
e.g. 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？
10. to rack your brains -> see rack
1.
1. 脑髓：里面有一个学生的爸妈是出车祸死了,原先是某个研究所的成员,被其同事变成僵尸,记得里面有个同学被僵尸咬了,送进那个研究所,他的朋友就进研究所救他朋友,后来发生很多情况,记得那些僵尸都叫着要脑髓(brain)男主角的女友是研究所的一个员工,
The drug may cause permanent brain damage.
这种药可能会引起永久性的脑部伤害。
His brain seems to be functioning normally.
他的大脑看起来功能正常。
His brain was clouded by vapours and dreams.
他的脑子里充满空想和梦幻。
She has a good brain.
她很有头脑。
You need brains to become a university professor.
当大学教授要有才智。
He is one of the leading brains in the country.
他是国家的知识分子精英。
brain is the master control center of the body.
脑是身体的主要控制中心。
The medulla oblongata is the most vital part of the brain because it contains centers controlling breathing and heart functioning.
延髓是大脑最重要的部分，因为它包含着呼吸和心脏功能的控制中心。
I'll brain you if you don't keep quiet.
如果你不保持安静的话，我就敲你的脑袋。
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。
one of the best scientific brains in the country
国家最优秀的科技人才之一
He's always been the brains of the family.
这家人数他聪明。
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。
He has sex on the brain.
他脑子里想的全是性。
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。
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。
She died of a brain tumour.
她死于脑瘤。
a device to measure brain activity during sleep
检测睡眠时脑部活动的仪器
sheep's brains
羊脑
damage to the brain
脑部损伤
brain cells
脑细胞
He had threatened to brain him then and there.
他当时就威胁要打爆他的脑袋。
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。
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。
He blew his brains out with a shotgun.
他用一支猎枪射中了他的脑袋。
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。
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？
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。
They were not the only ones to have brains and ambition...
并不是只有他们聪明、有志向。
I had a good brain and the teachers liked me.
我很聪明，老师们都喜欢我。
Mr White was the brains behind the scheme...
怀特先生是该项计划的幕后策划者。
Stretch your brain with this puzzle.
用这个智力游戏锻炼你的思维能力。
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。
Her father died of a brain tumour.
她父亲死于脑瘤。
I've had this tune on the brain all day but I can't remember what it's called.
我脑海里整天回荡着这个曲调,但我想不起来叫什么。
Was that plan the conception of any one brain?
出自：W. StubbsMen of all ages who..hadn't the brains of an earwig.
出自：V. Brittain误 He has many brains.
正 He has much brains.
析 brains是不可数名词,因此不可用many或few来修饰,而应用much或little。
A new study shows that using screens too much can affect (影响) how children'sbrains grow.
一项新的研究表明，过度使用屏幕会影响孩子的大脑发育。
2020云南省卷
More and more research shows that exercise not only helps the body, but also helps thebrain.
越来越多的研究表明，运动不仅对身体有帮助，对大脑也有帮助。
2020吉林省卷
Most people think that nature is good for our bodies andbrains.
大多数人认为大自然对我们的身体和大脑有好处。
2020江西省卷
According tobrain-scan experiments, the demands of so much decision-making quickly become too much for us.
根据脑部扫描实验，快速做出这么多的决定对我们来说太难了。
2016英语二
Thinking is essentially a process of making connections in thebrain.
思考本质上是一个在大脑中建立联系的过程。
2014英语一
I never feel overwhelmed with the amount of information mybrain absorbs.
我从来不会因为大脑吸收的信息量过大而感到不知所措。
2013英语二
This "brain drain" has long bothered policymakers in poor countries.
这种“人才流失”长期困扰着贫穷国家的政策制定者。
2012英语二
