mastermind

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈmɑː.stə.mʌɪnd/    美 /ˈmæs.tɚˌmaɪnd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person with an extraordinary intellect or skill that is markedly superior to their peers.
    — At long intervals some master-minds appeared, looking upon each advance in practical science as a retro-gradation in the true utility.
  2. A person responsible for the highest level of planning and execution of a major operation. idiomatic
    — The first was with none other than Khalid Sheikh Mohammad (KSM), mastermind of the 9/11 attacks.
动词 v.
  1. To act in the role of mastermind. transitive
    — It would later be revealed that the corporation contributed over a quarter of a million dollars to the effort—a whopping 93 percent of the total coffer—and hired a team of media and political experts to mastermind it.

词形变化

masterminds plural masterminds present,singular,third-person masterminding participle,present masterminded participle,past masterminded past

词汇关系

衍生词
masterminder mastermindful

词源

词源 1
From master + mind.
词源 2
From master + mind.
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