brain

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈbɹeɪ̯n/    美 /ˈbɹeɪ̯n/|/ˈbɹæ̝ɪ̯n/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action. countable,uncountable
    — The Ueynes are ſpred foorth throughout the whole bodie, howbeit from one welhead, that is to ſay from the Liuer: ſo be the Sinews, howbeit from the Brayne; So likewiſe are the Heartſtrings, howbeit from the Heart.
  2. The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.; A part of the brain, especially associated with particular mental functions, abilities, etc. countable,uncountable
    — The left brain, or that which supplies and animates the right side of the body, is the most active brain, as a general rule.
  3. The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.; skull; head countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — caused the young Princess, the King's only Daughter, to be taken and thrust into a large velvet Sack, and her Brains to be knockt out with great Bars
  4. Mind. countable,informal,uncountable
    — I have too much on my brain today.
  5. Intellect. countable,in-plural,uncountable
    — "We provided a lot of brains and a lot of heart to the response when it was needed," says Sandra Sanchez, director of AFSC's Immigrants' Voice Program in Des Moines.
  6. An intelligent person. countable,informal,uncountable
    — She was a total brain.
  7. An intelligent person.; A person who provides the intelligence required for something. countable,informal,plural,plural-only,uncountable
    — He is the brains behind the scheme.
  8. An intelligent person.; An intellectual or mental capacity. countable,informal,singular,uncountable
    — Gerald always acts like he doesn't have a brain.
  9. By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations. countable,uncountable
    — The computer's brain is capable of millions of calculations a second.
  10. Oral sex. slang,uncountable,vulgar
    — Have you ever popped champagne on a plane, while gettin' some brain?
  11. A loose compartment of a backpack that straps on over the top opening. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To dash out the brains of; to kill by smashing the skull. transitive
  2. To strike (someone) on the head. transitive
    — Lambdon would require medical attention for a fractured skull. It seemed that Fen had passed his wife a couple of telling pictures, whereupon the drab Mrs. Lambdon had brained her husband with a table lamp.
  3. To destroy; to put an end to. figuratively,transitive
    — There thou maiſt braine him,
  4. To conceive in the mind; to understand. obsolete,transitive
    — 'Tis still a dream, or else such stuff as madmen / Tongue, and brain not.
  5. To think effectively. humorous,intransitive,nonstandard
    — My brain isn't braining right now.

词形变化

brains plural brayne alternative brains present,singular,third-person braining participle,present brained participle,past brained past

词汇关系

近义词
brain encephalon harns
上位词
organ
衍生词
addle-brain afterbrain assbrain baby brain battle of the brains beanbrain beat one's brain beat one's brains out beat someone's brains out beetlebrain bend the brain big brain bird brain birdbrain bird of one's own brain blood-brain barrier blow someone's brains out blubberbrain Boltzmann brain booger brain bored out of one's brains Bowmar Brain brainal brainball brain-bending brain blast brain bleach brain bleed brainbow brainbox brain-bucket brain bucket brainbuster brain cancer brain candy braincase braincast brain cell brainchild brain chip brain cloud brain coral braincraft brain-cramp brain cramp brain damage brain-damaged braindance brain day brain-dead brain dead braindead brain death brain disease brain disorder brain doctor brain drain brain-dressed brain dump brainectomy brainer brain fade brain fag brain farm brain fart brainfest brain-fever brain fever brain-fever bird brain fingerprinting brain fluid brain fog brainfood brain food brain freeze Brainfuck brainful brain-gain brain gain braingasm braingraph brain graph brain grey brain heavy brainhood brainiac brainial brain imaging brain implant brainish brainist brainless brainlet brainlike brain like a sieve brainlock brainly brain machine brain-melting brain-meltingly brain mushroom brain-numbing brainordinate brain-pan brainpan brain-picking brainpower brain rot brain-rot brain-rotting brain sand brainscan brain-scanner brain scanner brain science brainsick brainspace brain-stabbing brain stem brainstem brain storm brainstorm brain-storm brains trust brains-truster brain sugar brain surgeon brain surgery braintape brain-tape brainteaser brain-teaser brainteasing brain-tickler puke for brains brain tiredness brain traffic brain trick brain trust brain tumor brain tumour brainwash brain-washing brainwashing brainwave brain wave brain weary brainwide brainwipe brainwork brain worker brainworker brain-worm brain worm brainworm brain-wormed brainwriting brainy brain zap bubble brain car brain chemobrain chemo brain cockbrain crackbrain critical brain hypothesis cudgel one's brain cudgel one's brains cumbrain debrain deep brain stimulation der-brain dickbrain dick-brain dirtbrain doodlebrain dur-brain durr-brain eigenbrain electronic brain endbrain feather-brain featherbrain featherbrained fish-brain fleabrain forebrain Fox News brain fuckbrain fuck someone's brains out galaxy-brain galaxy brain give brain gut-brain axis hairbrained half a brain harebrain harebrained hemibrain hindbrain hot-brain interbrain intrabrain jellybrain jingle-brains jingle brains Jupiter brain lackbrain lame-brain lame brain lamebrain laserbrain leaky brain syndrome left brain lizard brain madbrain Matrioshka brain Metroidbrainia microbrain midbrain minimal brain dysfunction mommy brain more money than brains musclebrain muscle-eye-brain disease nerdbrain no-brainer nonbrain on the brain organic brain syndrome outbrain pea-brain peabrain pea brain peripheral brain permanent brain pick someone's brain pick someone's brains pregnancy brain pudding-brain puke one's brains out rack one's brain rack one's brains rattlebrain reptilian brain reverse brain drain right brain roof-brain chatter scatterbrain scatterbrained second brain shitbrain shit-for-brains shit for brains smell-brain smooth brain smooth-brained split brain squirrel-brain superbrain tardbrain ticklebrain tornado brain trash for brains traumatic brain injury triune brain 'tweenbrain 'twixt-brain wash one's brain out with soap water on the brain wet brain wetbrain wrack one's brain wrack one's brains wrap one's brain around yellow brain yellow brain fungus yes-brainer
部分词
hindbrain midbrain forebrain medulla oblongata pons cerebellum diencephalon prosencephalon mesencephalon metencephalon myelencephalon rhombencephalon telencephalon cerebral hemisphere cerebral cortex

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *bragną
Proto-West Germanic *bragn
Old English bræġn
Middle English brayn
English brain
Inherited from Middle English brayn, from Old English bræġn, from Proto-West Germanic *bragn, from Proto-Germanic *bragną.
Cognate with Scots braine, brane (“brain”), North Frisian brayen, brein, Brain (“brain”), Saterland Frisian Brainge, Bräienge (“brain”), West Frisian brein (“brain”), Dutch brein (“brain”), Low German Brägen, Bregen (“brain”) (whence German Bregen (“animal brain”)), Ancient Greek βρεχμός (brekhmós, “front part of the skull, top of the head”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *bragną
Proto-West Germanic *bragn
Old English bræġn
Middle English brayn
English brain
Inherited from Middle English brayn, from Old English bræġn, from Proto-West Germanic *bragn, from Proto-Germanic *bragną.
Cognate with Scots braine, brane (“brain”), North Frisian brayen, brein, Brain (“brain”), Saterland Frisian Brainge, Bräienge (“brain”), West Frisian brein (“brain”), Dutch brein (“brain”), Low German Brägen, Bregen (“brain”) (whence German Bregen (“animal brain”)), Ancient Greek βρεχμός (brekhmós, “front part of the skull, top of the head”).
4 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary