释义
🔑 brain BrE /breɪn / NAmE /breɪn / noun ➤ in head 头 🔑 [ C ] the organ inside the head that controls movement , thought , memory and feeling ◆ damage to the brain ◆ brain cells ◆ She died of a brain tumour . ◆ a device to measure brain activity during sleep ➤ food 食物 brains [ pl. ] the brain of an animal , eaten as food ◆ sheep's brains ➤ intelligence 智力 🔑 [ U , C , usually pl. ] 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 . ◆ Teachers spotted that he had a good brain at an early age . ◆ You need brains as well as brawn (= intelligence as well as strength to do this job . ➡ see also no-brainer ➤ intelligent person 聪明人 [ C , usually pl. ] (informal an intelligent person ◆ one of the best scientific brains in the country the brains [ sing. ] 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 . ◆ The band's drummer is the brains behind their latest venture . ● have sth on the brain (informal to think about sth all the time , especially in a way that is annoying ◆ He has sex on the brain . ● beat your ˈbrains out (informal especially NAmE to think very hard about sth for a long time ● blow your /sb's ˈbrains out to kill yourself /sb by shooting yourself /them in the head ● cudgel your ˈbrains (old-fashioned BrE to think very hard ● pick sb's ˈbrains (informal to ask sb a lot of questions about sth because they know more about the subject than you do ● rack your ˈbrain (s )to think very hard or for a long time about sth ◆ She racked her brains , trying to remember exactly what she had said . 🔑 brain BrE /breɪn / NAmE /breɪn / verb present simple - I / you / we / they brain BrE /breɪn / NAmE /breɪn / present simple - he / she / it brains BrE /breɪnz / NAmE /breɪnz / past simple brained BrE /breɪnd / NAmE /breɪnd / past participle brained BrE /breɪnd / NAmE /breɪnd / -ing form braining BrE /ˈbreɪnɪŋ / NAmE /ˈbreɪnɪŋ / ~ sb /sth /yourself (informal to kill a person or an animal by hitting them very hard on the head ◆ I nearly brained myself on that low beam .
