rack your brains

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishrack your brainsrack your brainsTHINK ABOUTto try very hard to remember or think of something I racked my brains, trying to remember his name. → rackExamples from the Corpusrack your brains• I've racked my brains, but at my age there are precious few left to rack.• Desperately, Irvin racked his brains, but there was nothing he could tell them.• There was a silence in the room as we all simultaneously racked our brains for a missing disease.• They sat in silence, racking their brains for the name of the road.• I waved back, racking my brains to remember who she was.• Which left Fabia racking her brains to think of how next best to get through to the woman.• She racked her brains, trying to remember what David had said.• Rachel racked her brains, trying to remember what Jamie had said of him - ruthless, living only for his ambition.

单词	rack your brains
释义	rack your brains From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishrack your brainsrack your brainsTHINK ABOUTto try very hard to remember or think of something I racked my brains, trying to remember his name. → rackExamples from the Corpusrack your brains• I've racked my brains, but at my age there are precious few left to rack.• Desperately, Irvin racked his brains, but there was nothing he could tell them.• There was a silence in the room as we all simultaneously racked our brains for a missing disease.• They sat in silence, racking their brains for the name of the road.• I waved back, racking my brains to remember who she was.• Which left Fabia racking her brains to think of how next best to get through to the woman.• She racked her brains, trying to remember what David had said.• Rachel racked her brains, trying to remember what Jamie had said of him - ruthless, living only for his ambition.
随便看	assaltus Assam Assange Assange, Julian assassin assassinate assassination do your make up etc do your make-up etc do your makeup etc do your nails etc do your nut do your own thing do your stuff do your sums do your whack do your whack (of something) do your whack of do your worst do your/his/her/their worst do your/somebody’s hair/nails/make-up etc do yourself a mischief do yourself justice do's do-gooder