单词 | think box |
释义 | > as lemmasthink box think box n. colloquial or humorous the brain as the organ of thought. 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 1910 F. H. Evans in Chums 26 Oct. 128/2 Let me put a bit of ice on my think-box, and I'll tell you all about it. 1911 San Antonio (Texas) Express 31 Dec. Government Canyon, ‘that place of all places where a man's thinkbox can develop more think than anywhere else on earth.’ 1937 Daily Express 5 Feb. 10/6 I do not believe that their brains, or think-boxes, are of sufficient calibre to understand what they are preaching. 2004 Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) (Nexis) 6 July b6 Frankly, I think the party should..buy another gent to send to Washington, D.C., who isn't so humorous or light in the think box! < as lemmas |
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