| 单词 | grey cells |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrey cells grey cells n. the cells that make up the grey matter of the brain and spinal cord; (colloquial) intelligence, brain power.Uncommon in technical use. In colloquial use frequently in little grey cells and often associated with Agatha Christie's fictional detective, Hercule Poirot; see quot. 1920. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > nervous system > cerebrospinal axis > [noun] > grey matter grey matter1809 grey cells1845 cinerea1882 1845 Lancet 12 July 37/2 It is possible that there may be no greater connexion between the grey cells and the nerve-tubes in the spinal cord than this. 1878 S. Wilks Lect. Dis. Nerv. Syst. i. 166 In the ganglia of the spinal nerves, and even in the cranial, there was pigmentary degeneration of the grey cells. 1920 A. Christie Mysterious Affair at Styles x. 226 ‘This affair must all be unravelled from within.’ He tapped his forehead. ‘These little grey cells. It is “up to them”—as you say over here!’ 1960 P. G. Wodehouse Jeeves in Offing iii. 38 You can't hold down an editorial post on an important London weekly paper without being fairly well fixed with the little grey cells. 1976 Exper. Neurol. 53 725 Both the cerebellar and the noradrenaline fibers may synapse on periaqueductal gray cells. 2001 Dreamwatch Mar. 92/3 The game..is actually quite taxing on the little grey cells. < as lemmas |
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