brain
noun /breɪn/
/breɪn/
Idioms - enlarge image[countable] the organ inside the head that controls movement, thought, memory and feeling
脑 - The human brain is a complex organ.
人脑是一个复杂的器官。 - My tired brain couldn't cope with such a complex problem.
我疲劳的大脑无法应付如此复杂的问题。 - There may have been some brain damage.
可能有些脑损伤。 - brain cells/tissue
脑细胞/组织 - a brain tumour/haemorrhage/injury
脑瘤/出血/损伤 - Sometimes the doctor will also do a brain scan.
有时候医生也会做脑部扫描。 - brain surgery
脑外科。
Topics Bodya2- He had a brain scan to search for possible damage.
他做了个脑扫描检查是否有损伤。 - He was found to have a blood clot on his brain.
他的脑部发现有血块。 - His brain reeled as he realized the implication of his dismissal.
当意识到这是暗示要解雇他时，他的大脑一阵眩晕。 - The left brain controls the right-hand side of the body.
左脑控制人的右半身。 - The stopping distance includes the time taken for the brain to register the need to stop.
制动停车距离涵盖了大脑意识到必须停车所需要的时间。 - Electrodes were used to measure brain activity during sleep.
用电极来检测睡眠时脑部的活动。 - Fruit eating primates have relatively larger brains than those that eat leaves.
吃水果的灵长类动物比吃树叶的灵长类动物大脑相对较大。 - 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 - There has been some loss of brain function.
大脑功能有些丧失。 - She is Britain's youngest female brain surgeon.
她是英国最年轻的女脑外科医生。 - The scan apparently showed no damage to the brain.
扫描检查清楚显示脑部没有受到损伤。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- human
- left
- right
- …
- cell
- tissue
- region
- …
- in the/your brain
- on the/your brain
- blow your brains out
- The human brain is a complex organ.
- brains[plural] the brain of an animal, eaten as food
（供食用的）动物脑髓 - sheep’s brains
羊脑
- sheep’s brains
- [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，两种说法不可能都是真的。 - 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。
- She has a good brain for mathematics.
她很有数学头脑。 - Jack's got the brain to realize that the money won't last forever.
杰克有头脑认识到钱不会永远存在。 - They relied on brains rather than brawn.
他们靠的是脑力，而不是体力。 - She must have inherited her mother's brains.
她一定是遗传了她母亲的才智。 - Teachers spotted early on that he had a good brain.
老师们很早就发现他很有头脑。 - It's important to keep your brain ticking over.
经常开动脑筋很重要。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fertile
- fine
- good
- …
- rack
- pick somebody’s
- take
- …
- function
- tick over
- work
- …
- power
- drain
- brain behind
- brains, not brawn
- etc.
- have a brain for something
- …
- It doesn't take much brain to work out that both stories can't be true.
- [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 - We have the best scientific brains in the country working on this.
我们有国家最优秀的科技人才为此出力。
- one of the best scientific brains in the country
- the brains[singular] the most intelligent person in a particular group; the person who is responsible for thinking of and organizing something
（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 brains behind something 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。 - He was the brains behind the robberies.
他是劫案背后的谋划者。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fertile
- fine
- good
- …
- rack
- pick somebody’s
- take
- …
- function
- tick over
- work
- …
- power
- drain
- brain behind
- brains, not brawn
- etc.
- have a brain for something
- …
- He's always been the brains of the family.
in head头
food食物
intelligence智力
intelligent person聪明人
词源Old English brægen, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch brein.
Idioms
beat your brains out
- (informal, especially North American English) to think very hard about something for a long time
绞尽脑汁；反复推敲 - I’ve been beating my brains out all weekend to get this script written.
整个周末我都在绞尽脑汁写这个剧本。
- I’ve been beating my brains out all weekend to get this script written.
blow your/somebody’s brains out
- to kill yourself/somebody by shooting yourself/them in the head
枪击头部自杀／杀人 - He put a gun to his head and threatened to blow his brains out.
他用枪指着他的头，威胁说要让他脑袋开花。 - While cleaning his shotgun he had accidentally blown his own brains out.
他擦猎枪时意外走火，打烂了自己的脑袋。
- He put a gun to his head and threatened to blow his brains out.
cudgel your brains
- (old-fashioned, British English) to think very hard
冥思苦想；绞尽脑汁 - I had to cudgel my brains to remember her name.
我不得不绞尽脑汁来记住她的名字。
- I had to cudgel my brains to remember her name.
have something on the brain
- (informal) to think about something all the time, especially in a way that is annoying
某事萦绕心头；过分热衷 - He's got football on the brain.
他对足球非常着迷。
- He's got football on the brain.
pick somebody’s brains
- (informal) to ask somebody a lot of questions about something because they know more about the subject than you do
讨教；请教；不断地问（以向别人学习） - I need to pick your brains: what can you tell me about credit unions?
我向您请教一下：您能告诉我信用合作社是怎么回事吗？
- I need to pick your brains: what can you tell me about credit unions?
rack your brain(s)
- to think very hard or for a long time about something
绞尽脑汁；冥思苦想 - 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。 - We racked our brains but we couldn't come up with a solution.
我们绞尽脑汁也想不出解决方法。
- She racked her brains, trying to remember exactly what she had said.