新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

brain

英  [breɪn]
    

[NOUN]

    NOUN. 名词
  • brains

    1[C 可数名词]

    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.

    双语例句

    例:

    the development of a child's brain.

    儿童大脑的发育。

    例:

    Her father died of a brain tumour.

    他的父亲死于脑瘤。

    2[C 可数名词] 脑筋

    Your brain is your mind and the way that you think.

    近义词

    mind , intellect

    双语例句

    例:

    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[C 可数名词] 头脑

    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.

    双语例句

    例:

    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[C 可数名词] 智囊

    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.

    双语例句

    例:

    Mr White was the brains behind the scheme.

    怀特先生是这项计划背后的出谋划策者。