词语释义

英 [breɪn] 美 [bren]

n. 头脑，智力；脑袋

vt. 猛击…的头部

n. (Brain)人名；(英)布雷恩

单词分析：

记忆方法：暂无,等待补充.

英英释义

Noun:

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

mental ability;"he"s got plenty of brains but no common sense"

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"

someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality;"Mozart was a child genius"
"he"s smart but he"s no Einstein"

the brain of certain animals used as meat

Verb:

hit on the head

kill by smashing someone"s skull

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单词词源

中文词源

brain 脑

词源不详。

英语词源

brain

brain: [OE] Old English brægen came from a Germanic *bragnam. Its rather restricted distribution in modern Germanic languages (apart from English brain there is only Dutch and Frisian brein) suggests that in prehistoric times it may have been limited to the area of North Germany where the Low German dialects were spoken, but it may well have some connection with Greek brekhmós ‘forehead’.

brain (v.)

"to dash the brains out," late 14c., from brain (n.). Related: Brained; braining.

brain (n.)

Old English brægen "brain," from Proto-Germanic *bragnam (cognates: Middle Low German bregen, Old Frisian and Dutch brein), from PIE root *mregh-m(n)o- "skull, brain" (cognates: Greek brekhmos "front part of the skull, top of the head"). But Liberman writes that brain "has no established cognates outside West Germanic ..." and is not connected to the Greek word. More probably, he writes, its etymon is PIE *bhragno "something broken."

The custom of using the plural to refer to the substance (literal or figurative), as opposed to the organ, dates from 16c. Figurative sense of "intellectual power" is from late 14c.; meaning "a clever person" is first recorded 1914. Brain teaser is from 1923. Brain stem first recorded 1879, from German. Brain drain is attested from 1963. An Old English word for "head" was brægnloca, which might be translated as "brain locker." In Middle English, brainsick (Old English brægenseoc) meant "mad, addled."

词态变化

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

权威造句

1. The horrors he experienced are imprinted, perhaps indelibly, in his brain.

他经历的恐怖事件在他脑海中刻下了深深的，或许是难以磨灭的印记。

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2. She has a first-class brain and is a damned good writer.

她头脑相当灵光，是个非常棒的作家。

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3. Hallucination is common in patients who have suffered damage to the brain.

脑部受损的病人常会产生幻觉。

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4. He was witty, amusing and gifted with a sharp business brain.

他机智诙谐，具有敏锐的商业头脑。

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5. What I said sometimes didn't register in her brain.

有时我说的话她根本没听进去。

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近反义词

common

intellect

intelligence

reason

sense

understanding

相似短语

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brain drainer 外流的人才

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black degeneration of brain 脑黑色变性

brain depressor 脑压匙

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brain heart infusion 脑心浸液

brain retractor 脑部牵开器，脑牵开器

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