brain

n. 头脑，智力；脑袋

vt. 猛击…的头部

n. (Brain)人名；(英)布雷恩

n.

脑；智慧；聪明的人；（群体中）最聪明的人

vt.

打破…的脑袋；打…的头部；

变形

复数：brains过去式：brained过去分词：brained现在分词：braining第三人称单数：brains

双语释义

[C]大脑,脑子 the part inside the head of a person or an animal that thinks and feels

[U]脑浆,脑髓 organ of the body that consisting of a mass of soft grey matter inside the head

[U][C]智慧,智力 the ability to think clearly, quickly, and well

[C]聪明的人,智囊人物 a person with a good mind

英英释义

brain[ brein ]

n.

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

同义词：encephalon

mental ability

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

同义词：brainpowerlearning abilitymental capacitymentalitywit

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

同义词：mindheadpsychenous

someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality

同义词：geniusmastermindbrainiacEinstein

the brain of certain animals used as meat

v.

hit on the head

kill by smashing someone's skull

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

beat one's brain over对…冥思苦想

blow out sb's brains把某人的脑袋打开花

have brains有头脑

lack brains缺乏头脑

muddle the brain使头脑糊涂

operate on brain对大脑施行手术

pick sb's brain采用某人的主张,抄袭他人的想法

tax one's brain费脑筋,苦思

turn sb's brain使某人得意忘形,冲昏某人的头脑

use one's brain动脑筋

形容词+～

clear-thinking brain思路清晰的头脑

disordered brain混乱的头脑

fine brain头脑灵活

political brain政治头脑

名词+～

animal brain动物大脑

human brain人脑,人类智慧

～+名词

brain trust智囊团

介词+～

on the brain念念不忘,热衷于

writer with brains有头脑的作家

词组短语

human brain人脑

brain injury[医]脑损伤

brain damage脑损伤

brain drain人才外流；智囊流失

brain tumor脑瘤，脑癌；脑肿瘤

brain activity大脑活动

on the brain念念不忘；着迷

brain stem脑干

brain power脑力；智能

brain death[医]脑死亡

brain cell脑细胞

brain surgery脑外科；脑部手术

blood brain barrier血脑屏障

brain trust智囊团

brain chemistry脑化学

brain truster n. 顾问；智囊团团员

brain scan脑部扫描

brain work脑力劳动

brain dead脑死亡的

brain storming头脑风暴法，集体创造性思维法

同近义词辨析

这组词都有“智力，智慧”的意思，其区别是：

intellect侧重不受感情或意志左右的冷静思考或领悟能力。

wit指先天的才能、智力、意识等，隐含小聪明意味。

wisdom较文雅，也可指明智的言行。

mind使用广泛，无褒贬之意。强调诸如认识、记忆、思考、决定等的智慧功能。

brain(多用复数brains)强调理解能力和独立的或者首创性的思维能力。

intelligence指处理或对付问题或情况的特殊才智；也指运用、展开智慧的能力。

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

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。

用作及物动词(vt.)

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。

权威例句

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."

1. Can your brain absorb all this information?

你的脑袋能吸收这全部信息吗?。

2. What knowledge do you have in your brain that provides value to others?

你头脑中有什么可以给别人提供价值的知识？

3. We hear so much these days about the plasticity of the human brain - its ability to adapt to changing demands and circumstances.

这些天我们听到了很多关于人类头脑的适应性——这是一种对改变的需求和环境的适应能力。

4. What knowledge do you have in your brain that provides value to others? How can you extract this information and sell it?

你头脑中有什么可以给别人提供价值的知识？你如何能够提炼这种信息并出售它？

5. The music is his brain child.

这首乐曲是他的智力产物。

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6. It brings us many benefits, such as knowledge, horizon and a wise brain.

它给我们带来许多益处，例如知识、眼界和一个聪明的头脑。

7. In particular, they do so in those regions of the brain that control behaviour.

特别的是，这种作用发生在大脑中那些控制行为的区域。

8. Follow your heart, but take your brain with you.

跟随自己的心，但要保持清醒的头脑。

9. The creature of an over-stimulated brain; that is certain. I must be careful of you, my treasure: nerves like yours were not made for rough handling.

无疑，那是头脑过于兴奋的产物。对你得小心翼翼，我的宝贝，象你这样的神经，生来就经不住粗暴对待的。

10. For they freeze within the brain.

因为它们冻结在脑海。

11. This perks up your brain because it requires you to think more.

这将振作你的大脑因为它需要你思考更多。

12. He once believed that genes and brain function could determine everything about us.

他过去曾经认为，基因和大脑功能，就可以决定我们的一切。

13. Your brain is in your body, after all.

毕竟你的大脑是你身体的一部分。

14. Above all , they knew how to use their brain .

最重要的是，他们知道如何使用自己的大脑。

15. Although they work on the brain through different mechanisms, they have similar effects.

虽然它们通过不同的机制作用于大脑，但有类似的效用。

16. All these things clash in my brain at once.

所有这一切都在我脑子里争论不休。

17. The brain learns by adjusting the number and strength of these connections.

大脑通过调节这些连结的数目和强度进行学习。

18. In reality, your brain operates on the edge of chaos.

在现实中，你的大脑在混乱的边缘运算着。

19. Do the puzzle for fun, but do it knowing you are exercising your brain .

以解决难题为乐，但要认识到做它是为了锻炼你的大脑。

20. But at the theater my brain still seemed to be on fire.

但是晚上到了剧院之后，我的脑子还是像火烧一样。

21. I should go on, but I must note that the only thing correct in the above quote is that music indeed engages both hemispheres of the brain.

我本应该继续说，但我必须在此指出的是，上述所述之中，仅有一点是正确的：音乐的确需要大脑的两个半球共同参与。

22. This showed up on brain scans.

这在脑部扫描中看得出来。

23. After all, the brain considers both cigarettes and food to be rewards.

因为，我们的大脑认为香烟和食物都是奖励。

24. So that horrible feeling in your head is actually your brain bumping against bone .

所以你头上那种可怕的感觉其实是你的大脑在撞击骨头。

25. When someone speaks to an introvert, her brain responds with a high level of activity.

当有人对内向者讲话时，她的大脑会高度活跃地对此做出回应。

26. They have to, because both languages are active in their brain at the same time.

他们必须这样做，因为这两种语言是活跃在他们的大脑在同一时间。

27. We eat everything in that Kalleh including but not limited to its tongue and brain.

我们吃羊身上的一切东西的一切，包括但不限于它的舌头和大脑。 群。

28. We eat everything in that Kalleh including but not limited to its tongue and brain.

我们吃羊身上的一切东西的一切，包括但不限于它的舌头和大脑。 群。