brain

英 [breɪn]

美 [breɪn]

n.  脑; (供食用的)动物脑髓; 智力; 脑力; 逻辑思维能力
v.  猛击…的脑袋致死

复数：brains　现在分词：braining　过去式：brained　第三人称单数：brains　过去分词：brained　

中考高考CET4考研TOEFL

Oxford 3000 / Collins.4 / BNC.1643 / COCA.1189

同义词辨析

mindbrainintelligencewit【导航词义：智力】

习惯用语

n.

have sth on the brain
• 某事萦绕心头；过分热衷
  to think about sth all the time, especially in a way that is annoying
• He has sex on the brain.
  他脑子里想的全是性。
beat your brains out
• 绞尽脑汁；反复推敲
  to think very hard about sth for a long time
blow your/sb's brains out
• 枪击头部自杀 / 杀人
  to kill yourself/sb by shooting yourself/them in the head
cudgel your brains
• 冥思苦想；绞尽脑汁
  to think very hard
pick sb's brains
• 讨教；请教；不断地问（以向别人学习）
  to ask sb a lot of questions about sth because they know more about the subject than you do
rack your brain(s)
• 绞尽脑汁；冥思苦想
  to think very hard or for a long time about sth
• She racked her brains, trying to remember exactly what she had said.
  她绞尽脑汁，想要回忆起她到底说过些什么话。

牛津词典

noun

头 in head
• 脑
  the organ inside the head that controls movement, thought, memory and feeling
  1. damage to the brain
     脑部损伤
  2. brain cells
     脑细胞
  3. She died of a brain tumour.
     她死于脑瘤。
  4. a device to measure brain activity during sleep
     检测睡眠时脑部活动的仪器
食物 food
• （供食用的）动物脑髓
  the brain of an animal, eaten as food
  1. sheep's brains
     羊脑
智力 intelligence
• 智力；脑力；逻辑思维能力
  the ability to learn quickly and think about things in a logical and intelligent way
  1. 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，两种说法不可能都是真的。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。
聪明人 intelligent person
• 聪明的人；有智慧的人
  an intelligent person
  1. one of the best scientific brains in the country
     国家最优秀的科技人才之一
• （群体中）最聪明的人；策划组织者
  the most intelligent person in a particular group; the person who is responsible for thinking of and organizing sth
  1. He's always been the brains of the family.
     这家人数他聪明。
  2. The band's drummer is the brains behind their latest venture.
     这位乐队鼓手是他们最近一次活动的策划人。

verb

• 猛击…的脑袋致死
  to kill a person or an animal by hitting them very hard on the head

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 脑；大脑
  Yourbrainis 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.
  1. Her father died of a brain tumour.
     她父亲死于脑瘤。
• N-COUNT 头脑；智力
  Yourbrainis your mind and the way that you think.
  1. 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。
  2. Stretch your brain with this puzzle.
     用这个智力游戏锻炼你的思维能力。
• N-COUNT 智力；智慧；头脑
  If someone hasbrainsor a goodbrain, they have the ability to learn and understand things quickly, to solve problems, and to make good decisions.
  1. They were not the only ones to have brains and ambition...
     并不是只有他们聪明、有志向。
  2. I had a good brain and the teachers liked me.
     我很聪明，老师们都喜欢我。
• N-COUNT 智囊；出谋划策者
  If someone isthe brainsbehind an idea or an organization, he or she had that idea or makes the important decisions about how that organization is managed.
  1. Mr White was the brains behind the scheme...
     怀特先生是该项计划的幕后策划者。
  2. 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。
• VERB 猛击…的头部
  Tobrainsomeone means to hit them forcefully on the head.
  1. He had threatened to brain him then and there.
     他当时就威胁要打爆他的脑袋。
• PHRASE 把…的脑袋打伤；把…脑袋打开花
  Tobeatsomeone'sbrains outorbashtheirbrains inmeans to hit their head very hard, so that they are badly injured or killed.
  1. 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。
• PHRASE （用枪）把…的脑袋打开花；射中…的头部
  Toblowsomeone'sbrains outmeans to shoot them in the head, killing them.
  1. 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。
  2. He blew his brains out with a shotgun.
     他用一支猎枪射中了他的脑袋。
• PHRASE 一直想着；对…念念不忘
  If someonehassomethingon the brain, they keep thinking about it.
  1. 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。
• PHRASE 请教；讨教
  If youpicksomeone'sbrains, you ask them to help you with a problem because they know more about the subject than you.
  1. 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？
• torackyourbrains→ see:rack

英英释义

noun

• that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers
  Synonym:encephalon
• that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings
  1. his mind wandered
  2. I couldn't get his words out of my head
  Synonym:mindheadpsychenous
• mental ability
  1. he's got plenty of brains but no common sense
  Synonym:brainpowerlearning abilitymental capacitymentalitywit
• the brain of certain animals used as meat
• someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
  1. Mozart was a child genius
  2. he's smart but he's no Einstein
  Synonym:geniusmastermindbrainiacEinstein

verb

• kill by smashing someone's skull
• hit on the head

双语例句

• 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。
• The drug works by increasing levels of serotonin in the brain.
  这种药物通过提高大脑中血清素的含量来产生疗效。
• 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。
• He suffered from suffusion of blood on the brain.
  他患脑溢血。
• The actual damage to the brain cells is secondary to the damage caused to the blood supply.
  与对血液供应的损害相比，对大脑细胞的实际损害不那么严重。
• He had threatened to brain him then and there.
  他当时就威胁要打爆他的脑袋。
• 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？
• Her father died of a brain tumour.
  她父亲死于脑瘤。
• Brain scans have confirmed that the disease is in remission
  脑部扫描已经证实疾病得到了控制。
• Stretch your brain with this puzzle.
  用这个智力游戏锻炼你的思维能力。