brain

A2 CET-4 Oxf 3000 初中 FREQ #924 ★★★★☆

n. 脑 vt. 打碎脑部

发音

US /ˈbɹeɪ̯n/
UK /ˈbɹeɪ̯n/
AU /ˈbɹæ̝ɪ̯n/
NZ /ˈbɹæ̝ɪ̯n/

词形变化

brains 复数 brains brained braining brains 三单 braining 现在分词 brained 过去式 brained 过去分词

别名

braine brayne

教材释义与例句

名词

头脑，智力；脑袋

the organ inside your head that controls how you think, feel, and move

动词

猛击…的头部

to hit someone very hard on the head – used humorously

释义与例句

n. A2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.

    A part of the brain, especially associated with particular mental functions, abilities, etc.

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.

    skull; head

    可数 废旧 不可数
  4. 4.

    Mind.

    可数 非正式 不可数

    I have too much on my brain today.

  5. 5.

    Intellect.

    智力

    脑

    可数 不可数 复数形式

    "We provided a lot of brains and a lot of heart to the response when it was needed," says Sandra Sanchez, director of AFSC's Immigrants' Voice Program in Des Moines.

    She has a lot of brains.

  6. 6.

    An intelligent person.

    聪明人

    可数 非正式 不可数

    She was a total brain.

  7. 7.

    An intelligent person.

    A person who provides the intelligence required for something.

    智者

    可数 非正式 仅复数 不可数

    He is the brains behind the scheme.

  8. 8.

    An intelligent person.

    An intellectual or mental capacity.

    可数 非正式 不可数

    Gerald always acts like he doesn't have a brain.

  9. 9.

    By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations.

    可数 不可数

    The computer's brain is capable of millions of calculations a second.

  10. 10.

    Oral sex.

    俚语 不可数 粗俗 可数
  11. 11.

    A loose compartment of a backpack that straps on over the top opening.

    可数 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To dash out the brains of; to kill by smashing the skull.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To strike (someone) on the head.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To destroy; to put an end to.

    比喻 及物
  4. 4.

    To conceive in the mind; to understand.

    废旧 及物
  5. 5.

    To think effectively.

    幽默 不及物

    My brain isn't braining right now.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 10

mind head wonder genius einstein wit mentality mastermind psyche brainiac

上位词 8

knowledge intelligence organs intellectual intellect cognition noesis variety meat

下位词 6

unconscious ego subconscious prodigy noddle tabula rasa

部分词 10

ventricle brain cell brainstem circle of Willis communicating artery forebrain hindbrain mesencephalon midbrain prosencephalon

整体词 4

head caput central nervous system CNS
动词

上位词 2

kill hit

相关短语

brain-dead 脑死亡的 brain drain 智囊流失 brain fag 脑衰竭 [医] 神经衰弱, 脑力过劳 brain surgery 脑外科 brain fart brain cell 脑细胞 brain coral 脑珊瑚 brain farm brain worker n. 脑力劳动者；劳心的人 brain trust 智囊团 brain surgeon 脑外科医生 brain wave 脑波；灵感

词源

From Middle English brayn, brain, from Old English bræġn (“brain”), from Proto-West Germanic *bragn, from Proto-Germanic *bragną (“brain”), from Proto-Indo-European *mregʰnom (“skull, brain”), from Proto-Indo-European *mregʰ- (“marrow, sinciput”) + *-mn̥ (“nominal suffix”). Cognate with Scots braine, brane (“brain”), North Frisian brayen, brein, Brain (“brain”), Saterland Frisian Brainge, Bräienge (“brain”), West Frisian brein (“brain”), Dutch brein (“brain”), Low German Brägen, Bregen (“brain”) (whence German Bregen (“animal brain”)), Ancient Greek βρεχμός (brekhmós, “front part of the skull, top of the head”).

来源：wiktionary