brainwash

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
发音 brān'wŏsh

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A distorting effect upon one's memory, belief, or ideas, as by propaganda.
动词 v.
  1. To affect one's mind by using extreme mental pressure or any other mind-affecting process. (e.g. hypnosis) transitive
  2. To take from an electronically controlled machine its stored-up information; to erase a computer's programming. (1960) dated,figuratively,transitive
  3. To persuade completely and forcibly. transitive
    — The news media brainwashed many people.

词形变化

brainwashes plural brain-wash alternative brain wash alternative brainwashes present,singular,third-person brainwashing participle,present brainwashed participle,past brainwashed past brain-wash alternative brain wash alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
brainwashable brainwashedness brainwashee brainwasher brainwashy unbrainwash

词源

词源 1
From brain + wash, a calque of Chinese 洗腦 /洗脑 (xǐnǎo), literally to wash the brain. Usage via U.S. military during the Korean War.
词源 2
From brain + wash, a calque of Chinese 洗腦 /洗脑 (xǐnǎo), literally to wash the brain. Usage via U.S. military during the Korean War.
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