brain
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT 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. 脑
Her father died of a brain tumour. 他的父亲死于脑瘤。
2. N-COUNT Your brain is your mind and the way that you think. 脑筋
Once you stop using your brain you soon go stale. 一旦你停止动脑筋,你很快就会变迟钝。
3. N-COUNT 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. 头脑
They were not the only ones to have brains and ambition. 他们并非仅有的有头脑、有抱负的人。
4. N-COUNT 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. 智囊[非正式]
Mr. White was the brains behind the scheme. 怀特先生是这项计划后面的智囊。
5. to rack your brains→see rack
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brain /breɪn/ (brains)
剑桥词典
- A2 [ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 ]
- Gorillas, chimpanzees , and gibbons are all anthropoid apes , having long arms , no tails , and highly developed brains.
- The doctors were worried that he might have suffered brain damage .
- The virus attacks specific cells in the brain.
- We still don't fully understand how the brain works .
- He had a blood clot removed from his brain.
the organ inside the head that controls thought , memory , feelings , and activity
脑，大脑
Doctors tried desperately to reduce the swelling in her brain. 医生想尽一切办法缩小她脑部的肿块。
The accident left him with permanent brain damage . 事故给他造成了永久性大脑损伤。
His wife died from a brain tumour . 他妻子死于脑瘤。
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 ]
used to refer to intelligence
头脑；智力
Marie has an amazing brain (= is very intelligent ). 玛丽的智力惊人。
That can't possibly be the right way to do it - use your brain! 那样做肯定不对——动动脑筋！
The poor child inherited his mother's brains and his father's looks . 这个可怜的孩子继承了妈妈的头脑和爸爸的长相。
He's got brains but he's too lazy to use them (= he is intelligent but lazy ). 他人很聪明，但就是懒得动脑子。
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 通常作为复数使用的名词 ] informal
a very intelligent person , especially one who has spent a lot of time studying
极聪明的人；智者；智囊
We have the best brains in the land working on this problem . 我们找到了国内最好的专家来解决这个问题。
the brains [ 单数名词 ]
the most intelligent person in a group , especially the person who plans what the group will do
（机构组织中主管全局的）最聪明的人；策划组织者
My little brother's the brains of the family . 我们家数我弟弟聪明。
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