brain-boxn.

Brit.

/ˈbreɪnbɒks/, U.S.

/ˈbreɪnˌbɑks/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: brain n., box n.²

Etymology: < brain n. + box n.² Compare earlier braincase n., brainpan n.

1. The part of the body that contains the brain; the head or the skull; spec. = braincase n. Cf. earlier brainpan n. 1.Now rare in technical use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > [noun]

head boneeOE

head paneOE

panOE

brainpanOE

skull?c1225

harn-pan1340

brain skulla1400

calvairc1420

pot of the head?a1425

pan-bone1545

cranew1555

pannicle1590

pericranium1590

cranion1611

poll1721

braincase1726

brain-box1789

pericrane1804

cobbra1832

cranium1842

neurocranium1907

1789 Irish Nosegay 142 But Det had shut fast ev'ry Grinder; His Brain-box hung all-a-one Side, And no Distiller's Pig could be blinder.

1835 Lady's Bk. Dec. 269/2 Those bumps which are supposed to be more numerous upon Ashentee and Irish skulls than upon any other specimen brain-boxes.

1884 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds (ed. 2) iv. 157 The Squamosal..bounds the brain-box laterally.

1900 Daily News 19 Mar. 10/6 I had no more patience, but hit him on the brain-box with the copper stick.

1931 J. T. Saunders & S. M. Manton Man. Pract. Vertebr. Morphol. xii. 121 The brain-box and sense capsules form the neurocranium.

1949 K. Amis Let. 9 May (2000) 203 Old B takes one hell of a crack on the brain-box, and is laid out for some time.

1998 P. Muldoon Hay 132 A double spurt Of flame giving vent To a double spurt of brain from the brain-box.

a. The brain, esp. as the seat of a person's intelligence or intellect.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > nervous system > cerebrospinal axis > brain > [noun] > as seat of mind

braineOE

pericranium1590

sensorium1613

brainpana1641

pericrane1682

pericrany1699

brain-box1816

memory box1832

think-tank1889

think box1910

thinking box1911

1816 W. By Richard III Travestie i. i. 4 Hang that beer, It's made me feel quite muzzy—so deuced queer, My brain box quite confus'd.

1839 S. Lover Hall Porter ii. i. 16 Tho. Jim, that's no go; she has summut in her brain-box, my boy. Jam. 'Fraid she has. What a bore a sensible gal is.

1891 Bot. Gaz. 16 272 If a worker in the botanical vineyard..may be permitted to ask a question.., perhaps a little illumination may be graciously let into his unsystematic brain-box.

1945 Tee Emm (Brit. Air Ministry) 5 38 Getting the general impression..to register in the old brain-box.

1986 D. Potter Singing Detective i. 26 Any odd thoughts in the brain box, eh, old chap?

2001 Press (Canterbury, N.Z.) (Electronic ed.) 26 Feb. I haven't seen her for that long but I recognised her straight away. Something clicked at the back of the old brain-box.

b. A control centre; (also) a part of a machine or device that controls its operation. Cf. nerve centre n. at nerve n. Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > [noun] > direction > place from which operation is directed

brain1806

brain-box1876

control room1885

control centre1896

cockpit1936

control1958

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > control(s) > [noun] > control panel or unit

brain-box1876

control box1878

control panel1902

panel board1905

board1940

console1944

touch panel1957

keypad1966

pad1976

zapper1984

1876 Centennial Newspaper Exhib. 197 Having surveyed the Publication Office, let us now ascend to the Editorial Department, or ‘Brain Box’, as printers call it, of the establishment.

1952 R. P. Bissell Monongahela xix. 217 While the deckhand is tying off you jump down out of the brain box and knock the face wires loose.

1973 Times 1 June 11/5 It tests the water every night, working its little two-inch square brain-box attached to the softener.

1997 T3 Feb. 96/2 Just stand outdoors and the little brainbox scans the skies for the nearest GPS satellites.

2001 Smarthouse Feb. 24/1 The newly built show house..has a brain box. The communications cabinet..on the first floor landing is the nerve centre for 3,000 metres of cable.

3. colloquial. A very clever or well-informed person; a precocious or exceptionally diligent pupil.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > [noun] > intelligent person

wit1508

callent1637

intelligent1640

headpiece1647

intelligence1648

long head1744

intellect1842

sharpshins1883

brain1914

brain-box1942

brainiac1975

society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > diligent pupil or student

muzz1788

sap1798

sapper1825

swot1850

mug1880

mugger1883

mugster1888

groise1913

swotter1919

swotty1929

brain-box1942

mothball1944

geek1957

achiever1960

tug1976

poindexter1981

dexter1985

1942 B. Bandel Let. 20 June in Officer & Lady (2004) 3 The other 8 are all Phoenix... One is an ex-physiotherapist & World War I veteran. She & the little redhead brainbox are the only 2 Phoenicians I would bet on.

1970 D. H. Parker Schooling for What? xi. 203 Some of the world's outstanding criminals and dictators have been brain boxes who absorbed knowledge like a sponge.

1976 M. Kenyon Brainbox & Bull i. 5 Among mates in the classroom... He was Brainbox.

1986 Radio Times 2 Aug. 4/1 He..starred in last year's BBCtv play Time Trouble. ‘I played a brainbox child prodigy chess player.’

1994 Jrnl. Blacks in Higher Educ. No. 6. 72 At the right-hand bottom edge..is the small ‘cognitive elite’ of brain-boxes with IQs above 125.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	brain-box
释义	brain-boxn. Brit. /ˈbreɪnbɒks/, U.S. /ˈbreɪnˌbɑks/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: brain n., box n.² Etymology: < brain n. + box n.² Compare earlier braincase n., brainpan n. 1. The part of the body that contains the brain; the head or the skull; spec. = braincase n. Cf. earlier brainpan n. 1.Now rare in technical use. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > [noun] head boneeOE head paneOE panOE brainpanOE skull?c1225 harn-pan1340 brain skulla1400 calvairc1420 pot of the head?a1425 pan-bone1545 cranew1555 pannicle1590 pericranium1590 cranion1611 poll1721 braincase1726 brain-box1789 pericrane1804 cobbra1832 cranium1842 neurocranium1907 1789 Irish Nosegay 142 But Det had shut fast ev'ry Grinder; His Brain-box hung all-a-one Side, And no Distiller's Pig could be blinder. 1835 Lady's Bk. Dec. 269/2 Those bumps which are supposed to be more numerous upon Ashentee and Irish skulls than upon any other specimen brain-boxes. 1884 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds (ed. 2) iv. 157 The Squamosal..bounds the brain-box laterally. 1900 Daily News 19 Mar. 10/6 I had no more patience, but hit him on the brain-box with the copper stick. 1931 J. T. Saunders & S. M. Manton Man. Pract. Vertebr. Morphol. xii. 121 The brain-box and sense capsules form the neurocranium. 1949 K. Amis Let. 9 May (2000) 203 Old B takes one hell of a crack on the brain-box, and is laid out for some time. 1998 P. Muldoon Hay 132 A double spurt Of flame giving vent To a double spurt of brain from the brain-box. 2. a. The brain, esp. as the seat of a person's intelligence or intellect. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > nervous system > cerebrospinal axis > brain > [noun] > as seat of mind braineOE pericranium1590 sensorium1613 brainpana1641 pericrane1682 pericrany1699 brain-box1816 memory box1832 think-tank1889 think box1910 thinking box1911 1816 W. By Richard III Travestie i. i. 4 Hang that beer, It's made me feel quite muzzy—so deuced queer, My brain box quite confus'd. 1839 S. Lover Hall Porter ii. i. 16 Tho. Jim, that's no go; she has summut in her brain-box, my boy. Jam. 'Fraid she has. What a bore a sensible gal is. 1891 Bot. Gaz. 16 272 If a worker in the botanical vineyard..may be permitted to ask a question.., perhaps a little illumination may be graciously let into his unsystematic brain-box. 1945 Tee Emm (Brit. Air Ministry) 5 38 Getting the general impression..to register in the old brain-box. 1986 D. Potter Singing Detective i. 26 Any odd thoughts in the brain box, eh, old chap? 2001 Press (Canterbury, N.Z.) (Electronic ed.) 26 Feb. I haven't seen her for that long but I recognised her straight away. Something clicked at the back of the old brain-box. b. A control centre; (also) a part of a machine or device that controls its operation. Cf. nerve centre n. at nerve n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > [noun] > direction > place from which operation is directed brain1806 brain-box1876 control room1885 control centre1896 cockpit1936 control1958 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > control(s) > [noun] > control panel or unit brain-box1876 control box1878 control panel1902 panel board1905 board1940 console1944 touch panel1957 keypad1966 pad1976 zapper1984 1876 Centennial Newspaper Exhib. 197 Having surveyed the Publication Office, let us now ascend to the Editorial Department, or ‘Brain Box’, as printers call it, of the establishment. 1952 R. P. Bissell Monongahela xix. 217 While the deckhand is tying off you jump down out of the brain box and knock the face wires loose. 1973 Times 1 June 11/5 It tests the water every night, working its little two-inch square brain-box attached to the softener. 1997 T3 Feb. 96/2 Just stand outdoors and the little brainbox scans the skies for the nearest GPS satellites. 2001 Smarthouse Feb. 24/1 The newly built show house..has a brain box. The communications cabinet..on the first floor landing is the nerve centre for 3,000 metres of cable. 3. colloquial. A very clever or well-informed person; a precocious or exceptionally diligent pupil. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > [noun] > intelligent person wit1508 callent1637 intelligent1640 headpiece1647 intelligence1648 long head1744 intellect1842 sharpshins1883 brain1914 brain-box1942 brainiac1975 society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > diligent pupil or student muzz1788 sap1798 sapper1825 swot1850 mug1880 mugger1883 mugster1888 groise1913 swotter1919 swotty1929 brain-box1942 mothball1944 geek1957 achiever1960 tug1976 poindexter1981 dexter1985 1942 B. Bandel Let. 20 June in Officer & Lady (2004) 3 The other 8 are all Phoenix... One is an ex-physiotherapist & World War I veteran. She & the little redhead brainbox are the only 2 Phoenicians I would bet on. 1970 D. H. Parker Schooling for What? xi. 203 Some of the world's outstanding criminals and dictators have been brain boxes who absorbed knowledge like a sponge. 1976 M. Kenyon Brainbox & Bull i. 5 Among mates in the classroom... He was Brainbox. 1986 Radio Times 2 Aug. 4/1 He..starred in last year's BBCtv play Time Trouble. ‘I played a brainbox child prodigy chess player.’ 1994 Jrnl. Blacks in Higher Educ. No. 6. 72 At the right-hand bottom edge..is the small ‘cognitive elite’ of brain-boxes with IQs above 125. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1789
随便看	uncommuted uncompact uncompacted uncompanable uncompane uncompanied uncompanionable uncompanioned uncomparable uncomparably uncomparatively uncompared uncompassable uncompassed uncompassionate uncompassionated uncompassionately uncompassionateness uncompassionating uncompassioned uncompeered uncompellable uncompelled uncompelling uncompellingly