英语词汇“brain trick”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

brain trick n. (a) a clever invention or stratagem (obsolete); (b) a delusion or illusion; a way in which the brain operates; a trick played by the brain; (c) an exercise for the brain; a puzzle.

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1604 J. Marston Malcontent ii. iii. sig. D A most fine braine trick.

a1652 R. Brome City Wit v. sig. F3^v, in Five New Playes (1653) But in despite of the Justice that provok'd me, my Conscience a little turns at these brain-tricks.

1857 Putnam's Monthly Mag. May 538/2 At last, you return to your abhorred den..and to the foul blankets, and a false sleep full of brain tricks.

1898 Black Cat July 9 All on account of a queer little brain trick, Mrs. Starr blighted her husband's life and her own.

1901 O. Wister Philos. 4 (1903) i. 14 That's merely the same kind of toy-shop brain-trick you gave us out of Greek philosophy yesterday.

1907 C. Scaramanga-Ralli Strange Story of Falconer Thring i. ii. 17 It is some queer brain-trick or the spontaneous recognition of a forgotten dream; it is hard to say which.

2005 J. Goode Sci. of Wine (2006) iii. xxi. 179 This clever brain trick makes us want the sorts of foods that we need at a given time.

2009 Targeted News Service (Nexis) 1 July The first part of the book covers topics ranging from brain tricks to making ice cream.

单词	brain trick
释义	> as lemmas brain trick brain trick n. (a) a clever invention or stratagem (obsolete); (b) a delusion or illusion; a way in which the brain operates; a trick played by the brain; (c) an exercise for the brain; a puzzle. ΚΠ 1604 J. Marston Malcontent ii. iii. sig. D A most fine braine trick. a1652 R. Brome City Wit v. sig. F3^v, in Five New Playes (1653) But in despite of the Justice that provok'd me, my Conscience a little turns at these brain-tricks. 1857 Putnam's Monthly Mag. May 538/2 At last, you return to your abhorred den..and to the foul blankets, and a false sleep full of brain tricks. 1898 Black Cat July 9 All on account of a queer little brain trick, Mrs. Starr blighted her husband's life and her own. 1901 O. Wister Philos. 4 (1903) i. 14 That's merely the same kind of toy-shop brain-trick you gave us out of Greek philosophy yesterday. 1907 C. Scaramanga-Ralli Strange Story of Falconer Thring i. ii. 17 It is some queer brain-trick or the spontaneous recognition of a forgotten dream; it is hard to say which. 2005 J. Goode Sci. of Wine (2006) iii. xxi. 179 This clever brain trick makes us want the sorts of foods that we need at a given time. 2009 Targeted News Service (Nexis) 1 July The first part of the book covers topics ranging from brain tricks to making ice cream. extracted from brainn. < as lemmas
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