brain
- n.脑;智力;脑力;聪明的人;（群体中）最聪明的人;逻辑思维能力;(供食用的)动物脑髓
- vt.猛击…的脑袋致死
复数： brains 过去式： brained 现在分词： braining 过去分词： brained 第三人称单数： brains
brainnoun
头 in head
脑
the organ inside the head that controls movement, thought, memory and feeling
damage to the brain
脑部损伤
brain cells
脑细胞
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
食物 food
（供食用的）动物脑髓
the brain of an animal, eaten as food
sheep's brains
羊脑
智力 intelligence
智力；脑力；逻辑思维能力
the ability to learn quickly and think about things in a logical and intelligent way
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。
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。
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。
聪明人 intelligent person
聪明的人；有智慧的人
an intelligent person
one of the best scientific brains in the country
国家最优秀的科技人才之一
（群体中）最聪明的人；策划组织者
the most intelligent person in a particular group; the person who is responsible for thinking of and organizing sth
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。
to think about sth all the time, especially in a way that is annoying
他脑子里想的全是性。
He has sex on the brain.
to think very hard about sth for a long time
to kill yourself/sb by shooting yourself/them in the head
to think very hard
to ask sb a lot of questions about sth because they know more about the subject than you do
verb
VN猛击…的脑袋致死
to kill a person or an animal by hitting them very hard on the head
brain
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N-COUNT 脑；大脑
Your brain 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.Her father died of a brain tumour.
她父亲死于脑瘤。
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N-COUNT 头脑；智力
Your brain is your mind and the way that you think.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。
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N-COUNT 智力；智慧；头脑
If someone has brains or a good brain, they have the ability to learn and understand things quickly, to solve problems, and to make good decisions.They were not the only ones to have brains and ambition...
并不是只有他们聪明、有志向。
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N-COUNT 智囊；出谋划策者
If someone is the brains behind an idea or an organization, he or she had that idea or makes the important decisions about how that organization is managed.Mr White was the brains behind the scheme...
怀特先生是该项计划的幕后策划者。
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VERB 猛击…的头部
To brain someone means to hit them forcefully on the head.He had threatened to brain him then and there.
他当时就威胁要打爆他的脑袋。
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PHRASE 把…的脑袋打伤；把…脑袋打开花
To beat someone's brains out or bash their brains in means to hit their head very hard, so that they are badly injured or killed.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。
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PHRASE （用枪）把…的脑袋打开花；射中…的头部
To blow someone's brains out means to shoot them in the head, killing them.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。
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PHRASE 一直想着；对…念念不忘
If someone has something on the brain, they keep thinking about it.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。
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PHRASE 请教；讨教
If you pick someone's brains, you ask them to help you with a problem because they know more about the subject than you.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？
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to rack your brains→ see:rack
noun
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- that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers;enclosed within the skull;continuous with the spinal cord
- Synonym: encephalon
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- 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
- Synonym: mind head psyche nous
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- mental ability
- he's got plenty of brains but no common sense
- Synonym: brainpower learning ability mental capacity mentality wit
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- the brain of certain animals used as meat
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- someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
- Mozart was a child genius
- he's smart but he's no Einstein
- Synonym: genius mastermind brainiac Einstein
verb
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- kill by smashing someone's skull
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- hit on the head
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Once destroyed , brain cells do not regenerate .
脑细胞一旦遭到破坏，就不能再生。
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There is a small risk of brain damage from the procedure
该手术有导致脑损伤的轻微风险。
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She is best known for her work on the human brain .
她在对人脑的研究方面最为知名。
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Its brain is small in relation to its body .
和它的身体相比，它的大脑很小。
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It is now possible to map the different functions of the brain .
现在已有可能了解大脑的各种功能。
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No computer can imitate the complex functions of the human brain .
任何计算机都无法模拟人脑的复杂功能。
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Look , this isn 't brain surgery we 're doing here .
听着，我们在这儿做的事又不像大脑开刀那么难。
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Are they any closer to understanding how the brain works ?
他们对大脑功能的了解有进展吗？
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We do not fully understand how the brain is organized .
我们不完全了解大脑是怎样构成的。
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It is often stated that we use only 10 per cent of our brain .
常有报告称人只运用了大脑的10%。
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A lack of oxygen may inhibit brain development in the unborn child .
缺氧可能阻碍胎儿的大脑发育。
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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。
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This acute infection of the brain is almost invariably fatal .
这种急性大脑传染病几乎总是导致死亡。
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The message arrives in your brain in a fraction of a second .
信息瞬间便可传递到大脑。
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You need brains as well as brawn to do this job .
这项工作既需要脑力又需要体力。
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He has sex on the brain .
他脑子里想的全是性。
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Alcohol acts quickly on the brain .
酒精对大脑迅速产生影响。
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Messages travel along the spine from the nerve endings to the brain .
信息从神经末梢沿脊柱传送到大脑。
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The problem is currently taxing the brains of the nation 's experts .
目前这个问题使得全国的专家大伤脑筋。
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Being in love must have addled your brain .
坠入爱河必已使你神魂颠倒。
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The patient suffered severe brain trauma .
患者的大脑受到严重损伤。
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The memory of that day was indelibly printed on his brain .
那天的记忆永不磨灭地深印在他的脑海里。
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Their brains are scanned so that researchers can monitor the progress of the disease .
研究人员对他们的大脑加以扫描，以监视病情的发展。
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I tried to clear the confusion that was fogging my brain .
我试图解除使我迷茫的困惑。
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The eye first appears as a cup-shaped outgrowth from the brain .
眼睛开始是从大脑长出，呈杯状。
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She racked her brains , trying to remember exactly what she had said .
她绞尽脑汁，想要回忆起她到底说过些什么话。
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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。
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Monkeys do not have any kind of protective armour and use their brains to solve problems .
猴子没有任何防身的盔甲，就动脑筋解决问题。
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She died of a brain tumour .
她死于脑瘤。
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Alcohol seemed to have scrambled his brain .
酒精似乎扰乱了他的脑子。
普通用词，指人的思维或感知、想象等能力，无褒贬之意。
He has a sharp mind.
他头脑灵活。
His brilliant mind contributed to his great success.
他非凡的智慧助他取得巨大的成功。
指能理解思考和快速学习的能力，通常用复数。
If you had any brains, you'd know what to do next.
如果你有点脑子，你就会知道接下来要做什么。
He wanted to find a job that didn't require too much brains.
他想找一份不需要动太多脑筋的工作。
指学习、理解、思维、判断等的能力，也指聪明、聪慧。
an intelligence test
智力测验
intelligence quotient
（IQ）智商
Did your child show high intelligence from an early age?
你的孩子从小就显示出了很高的智力水平吗？
In his opinion, only a woman who has both beauty and intelligence can be his wife.
在他看来，只有秀外慧中的女子才能成为他的妻子。
指思维敏捷并能作出正确判断的能力，强调机敏，通常用复数。
He needed all his wits to escape from the heavily guarded island.
他需要绞尽脑汁逃离重兵把守的小岛。
The first piece of advice is to keep your wits about you.
第一条建议就是要随机应变。
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