brain
n
1 [C] organ of the body that controls thought, memory and feeling, consisting of a mass of soft grey matter inside the head 腦
a disease of the brain 腦部疾患
The brain is the centre of the nervous system. 腦是神經系統的中樞.
[attrib 作定語]
brain surgery 腦外科.
2 [U, C often pl 常作復數]
mind or intellect; intelligence 頭腦; 智力
He has very little brain. 他沒有什麼頭腦.
She has an excellent brain. 她很有頭腦.
You need brains to become a university professor. 當大學教授要有才智.
He has one of the best brains in the university. 他是這所大學里才智出眾的人.
3
(a) [C] (infml 口) clever person; intellectual 聰明人; 知識分子
He is one of the leading brains in the country. 他是國家的知識分子精英.
(b) the brains [sing v]
(infml 口) cleverest person in a group 智力超群的人
He's the brains of the family. 他是全家最聰明的人.
She was the brains behind the whole scheme. 她是整個方案背後的主腦.
4 (idm 習語) blow one's brains out => blow1. cudgel one's brains => cudgel. have sth on the brain (infml 口) think about sth constantly; be obsessed by sth 一心想著某事物; 對某事物入迷
I've had this tune on the brain all day but I can't remember what it's called. 我腦海里整天回蕩著這個曲調, 但我想不起來叫什麼了. pick sb's brains => pick3. rack one's brain(s) => rack2. tax one's/sb's brains => tax. brain, v [Tn]
kill (a person or an animal) with a heavy blow on the head (猛擊頭部)打死(人或動物)
(fig infml 比喻, 口) I nearly brained myself on that low beam. 那低矮的橫梁險些把我的頭撞碎.
?? 考研助記
b(不)+rain(雨): 大腦不(b)會進水(rain)
?? 擴展釋義
*[brein]n. 腦vt. 打碎腦部【醫】 腦相關詞組: turn sb's brain have sth on the brain