| 单词 | brain |
| 释义 | Word Frequency brain(breɪn) noun 1. the soft convoluted mass of nervous tissue within the skull of vertebrates that is the controlling and coordinating centre of the nervous system and the seat of thought, memory, and emotion. It includes the cerebrum, brainstem, and cerebellum Technical name: encephalon ▶ Related adjectives: cerebral, encephalic2. the main neural bundle or ganglion of certain invertebrates 3. (often plural) informal intellectual ability he's got brains 4. informal shrewdness or cunning 5. informal an intellectual or intelligent person 6. (usually plural; functioning as singular) informal a person who plans and organizes an undertaking or is in overall control of an organization, etc 7. an electronic device, such as a computer, that performs apparently similar functions to the human brain 8. on the brain 9. pick someone's brain verb (transitive) 10. to smash the skull of 11. slang to hit hard on the head Word origin Old English brægen; related to Old Frisian brein, Middle Low German bregen, Greek brekhmos forehead |
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