[N-COUNT 可数名词]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 可数名词]头脑;智力 Your brain is your mind and the way that you think.
[usu poss N]
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。
Stretch your brain with this puzzle.
用这个智力游戏锻炼你的思维能力。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]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。
I had a good brain and the teachers liked me.
我很聪明,老师们都喜欢我。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]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.
[usu pl]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
Mr White was the brains behind the scheme...
怀特先生是该项计划的幕后策划者。
Some investigators regarded her as the brains of the gang.
一些调查员认为她是该团伙的决策者。
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[VERB 动词]猛击…的头部 To brain someone means to hit them forcefully on the head.
[V n]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
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 短语]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.
[V inflects]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
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 短语](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.
[V inflects]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
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。
He blew his brains out with a shotgun.
他用一支猎枪射中了他的脑袋。
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[PHRASE 短语]一直想着;对…念念不忘 If someone has something on the brain, they keep thinking about it.
[V inflects]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
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 短语]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.
[V inflects]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
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:
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brain★/breɪn; NAmEbreɪn/
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brainbrainsbrainedbrainingnoun★in head 头1★[countable ]the organ inside the head that controls movement, thought, memory and feeling 脑◆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food 食物2brains[plural ]the brainof an animal, eaten as food (供食用的)动物脑髓◆sheep's brains羊脑intelligence 智力3★[uncountable , countable, usually plural ]the ability to learn quickly and think about things in a logical and intelligent way 智力;脑力;逻辑思维能力◆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,两种说法都不可能是真的。◆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。☞see also
no-brainer
intelligent person 聪明人4[countable , usually plural ]( informal) an intelligent person 聪明的人;有智慧的人◆one of the best scientific brains in the country国家最优秀的科技人才之一5the brains[singular ]the most intelligent person in a particular group; the person who is responsible for thinking of and organizing sth (群体中)最聪明的人;策划组织者◆He's always been the brains of the family.这家人数他聪明。◆The band's drummer is the brains behindtheir latest venture. 这位乐队鼓手是他们最近一次活动的策划人。IDIOMhave sth on the brain( informal) to think about sth all the time, especially in a way that is annoying 某事萦绕心头;过分热衷◆He has sex on the brain.他脑子里想的全是性。☞more at
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v.verbbrainsb/sth/yourself ( informal) to kill a person or an animal by hitting them very hard on the head 猛击…的脑袋致死◆I nearly brained myself on that low beam.那根低横梁差点儿把我撞死。brain/breɪn; NAmEbreɪn/
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brainbrain1 /breɪn/ ●●●S2W2 noun
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1brain (1)organ [countable] the organ inside your head that controls how you think, feel, and move: Messages from the brain are carried by the central nervous system. the chemistry of the brain the human brainthe right/left hemisphere of the brain (=the right or left side of the brain) Emotional responses are a function of the right hemisphere of the brain. She died of a brain tumour.brain tissue/cell2intelligence [countable usually plural, uncountable] the ability to think clearly and learn quickly: If you had any brains, you’d know what I meant. The job requires brains. Something’s addled your brains (=made you confused). Come on, use your brain, John.3person [countable usually plural] informal someone who is intelligent, with good ideas and useful skills: Some of our best brains are leaving the country to work in the US. →
brain drain
4food [uncountable] (also brains [plural]) the brain of an animal, used as food5have something on the brain informal to be always thinking about something: I’ve got that song on the brain today.6be the brains behind/of something to be the person who thought of and developed a particular plan, system, or organization, especially a successful one: Danny’s definitely the brains of the project.7brain deada)in a state where your brain has stopped working properly, even though your heart may still be beatingb) informal in a state in which you seem stupid or uninteresting, especially because you live a boring life or are very tired8something is not brain surgery informal used to say that something is not difficult to do →
bird-brain
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at pick1(7)
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COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 2verbshave brains· You should have more brains than to smoke.use your brain· It’s easy if you just use your brain.rack your brains (=try very hard to think of something)· If we all rack our brains we should come up with some ideas.pick somebody’s brains (=ask someone for ideas)· I thought I’d pick Greg’s brains about what to take with us.it takes/requires brains to do something· It takes brains to think of a plan like that.something addles your brain (=makes you unable to think clearly)· The alcohol had addled his brain.adjectivesa good/quick brain· It was obvious that Ann had a good brain.
brain1 noun
brain2 verb
brainbrain2 verb [transitive] informal
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to hit someone very hard on the head – used humorously: I wanted to brain him.
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