brain

英 [breɪn] 美 [breɪn]

• n. 脑；智力；智者；控制中心
• vt. 打 ... 的脑袋

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]大脑,脑子

   the part inside the head of a person or an animal that thinks and feels

2. [U]脑浆,脑髓

   organ of the body that consisting of a mass of soft grey matter inside the head

3. [U][C]智慧,智力

   the ability to think clearly, quickly, and well

4. [C]聪明的人,智囊人物

   a person with a good mind

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 脑，头脑，脑袋；脑髓
2. 智力，脑力，智慧
3. 智囊；出谋划策者，策划组织者
4. 电脑，计算机
5. 智者，<口>聪明人
6. 制导系统
7. 智能

v. 动词

1. 打破...的脑袋（致死），打...的头部
2. 打某人

英英释义

Noun:

1. that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord

2. mental ability;

   "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense"
   

3. 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"
   

4. someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality;

   "Mozart was a child genius"
   "he's smart but he's no Einstein"
   

5. the brain of certain animals used as meat

Verb:

1. hit on the head

2. kill by smashing someone's skull

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The drug may cause permanent brain damage.
   这种药可能会引起永久性的脑部伤害。
2. His brain seems to be functioning normally.
   他的大脑看起来功能正常。
3. His brain was clouded by vapours and dreams.
   他的脑子里充满空想和梦幻。
4. She has a good brain.
   她很有头脑。
5. You need brains to become a university professor.
   当大学教授要有才智。
6. He is one of the leading brains in the country.
   他是国家的知识分子精英。
7. Brain is the master control center of the body.
   脑是身体的主要控制中心。
8. The medulla oblongata is the most vital part of the brain because it contains centers controlling breathing and heart functioning.
   延髓是大脑最重要的部分，因为它包含着呼吸和心脏功能的控制中心。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. I'll brain you if you don't keep quiet.
   如果你不保持安静的话，我就敲你的脑袋。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. He burst one of his brain vessels.
   他的一根脑血管破了。
2. The surgeon operated on his brain.
   外科医生对他做脑部手术。
3. The human brain is a complex brain.
   人的大脑是个复杂的器官。
4. He has a mathematical brain.
   他有数学头脑。
5. He has a fine brain.
   他脑子好用。
6. He has got a lot of brains.
   他足智多谋。
7. He has very little brains.
   他头脑简单。
8. He hasn't much brains.
   他没有多少智慧。
9. Two brains are better than one.
   三个臭皮匠,胜过一个诸葛亮。
10. I hired you for your brains, so why don't you use them?
    我是雇你来出主意想办法的,干吗不动动你的脑筋?
11. She's a clever girl with plenty of brains.
    她是一个聪明而又很有才华的女孩子。
12. John is the brain of the family.
    约翰是他家里的智囊。
13. Some of the best brains in the country are here tonight.
    国内一些智囊人物今晚都出席了。
14. Sheep's brains is his favourite dish.
    羊脑是他喜爱的佳肴。

经典引文

• Was that plan the conception of any one brain?

  出自： W. Stubbs

• Men of all ages who..hadn't the brains of an earwig.

  出自： V. Brittain

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

beat one's brains out

绞尽脑汁 spend a lot of time thinking or worrying about sth

blow one's brains out

对准脑袋开枪自杀 shoot him through the head

brain drain

人才外流 brain gone to outside

bruise one's brains

苦苦思索 think sth hard

have on the brains

一心想着某事物,对某事物入迷 think about sth constantly, be obsessed by sth
have sth on the brains
I've had this tune on the brain all day but I can't remember what it's called.

我脑海里整天回荡着这个曲调,但我想不起来叫什么。

sb's brains need washing

某人该洗脑,某人的错误思想应该加以纠正 correct one's mistake thought

the brains

智力超群的人 cleverest person in a group

the brains behind〔of〕...

…的策划者 the designer of sth

use one's brains

开动脑筋 start to think sth

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• beat one's brain over 对…冥思苦想
• blow out sb's brains 把某人的脑袋打开花
• have brains 有头脑
• lack brains 缺乏头脑
• muddle the brain 使头脑糊涂
• operate on brain 对大脑施行手术
• pick sb's brain 采用某人的主张,抄袭他人的想法
• tax one's brain 费脑筋,苦思
• turn sb's brain 使某人得意忘形,冲昏某人的头脑
• use one's brain 动脑筋

形容词+～

• clear-thinking brain 思路清晰的头脑
• disordered brain 混乱的头脑
• fine brain 头脑灵活
• political brain 政治头脑

名词+～

• animal brain 动物大脑
• human brain 人脑,人类智慧

～+名词

• brain trust 智囊团

介词+～

• on the brain 念念不忘,热衷于
• writer with brains 有头脑的作家

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. brain的意思是“大脑”“脑子”,是可数名词,指人体的神经中枢,用来控制人的思想、记忆或感情等。单数形式指一个人脑子的整体,复数形式指脑子的各部分。brain还可表示“智慧”“智力”,作此解时常用其复数形式brains,可用them之类的词指代。
2. brain可引申表示“聪明的人”“智囊人物”,指有头脑或有才能的人,其复数形式brains指“计划者,设计者”,多见于新闻媒体。
3. brains还可作“脑浆”“脑髓”解,表示单数意义是不可数名词。
4. brain表示“智慧,智力”时可用作不可数名词，也可用作可数名词，常用复数形式。

常见错误

n. (名词)

1. 他很有智慧。

   误 He has many brains.

   正 He has much brains.

   析 brains是不可数名词,因此不可用many或few来修饰,而应用much或little。

近反义词

【近义词】

• common
• intellect
• intelligence
• reason
• sense
• understanding

【反义词】

• dullness
• imbecility
• stupidity