释义 |
brain/brein/ n. & v.●n. 1 an organ of soft nervous tissue contained in the skull of vertebrates, functioning as the coordinating centre of sensation, and of intellectual and nervous activity 脑 2 (in pl. 用复数) the substance of the brain, esp. as food 脑浆(尤指作为菜肴) 3a a person's intellectual capacity 脑袋;智力 has a poor brain 脑袋不好使 b (often in pl. 常用复数) intelligence; high intellectual capacity 智慧,天赋 has a brain 有头脑; has brains 聪慧 4 (usu. in pl. 通常用复数; prec. by 前接 the) colloq. [口]a the cleverest person in a group 极聪明的人,智者 b a person who originates a complex plan or idea 策划组织者,智囊 the brains behind the robbery 抢劫的幕后策划者 5 an electronic device with functions comparable to those of a brain 电脑,计算机 ●v. tr. 1 dash out the brains of 砸出…的脑浆 2 strike hard on the head 重击…的头 □ on the brain colloq. obsessively in one's thoughts [口]萦绕于脑际,念念不忘于,热衷于 [Old English brœgen, from West Germanic] |