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单词 brainchild
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Definition of brainchild in English:

brainchild

nounPlural brainchildrenˈbreɪntʃʌɪldˈbreɪnˌtʃaɪld
informal
  • An idea or invention which is considered to be a particular person's creation.

    the statue is the brainchild of a local landscape artist
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Creative Commons is the brainchild of cyberlaw and intellectual property experts in the United States.
    • Was this the brainchild of ironic liberal bureaucrats at the Treasury Department?
    • The collection was the brainchild of staff who work in the perfumery department at the Castle Square department store.
    • There was a woman who had to sell her brainchild - baby shampoo - to Tesco.
    • The scheme was the brainchild of Bradford Chamber of Commerce, which was working to find way of supporting new enterprise.
    • A brainchild of the Institute of Directors it was established to improve and sharpen the business skills of executives.
    • As the Olympic Games return to the land of their birth, a revival of the ancient Greeks' other brainchildren seems to be at hand as well.
    • However, as the idea is the brainchild of the council's new chairman, it is likely to receive the board's backing.
    • Almost all the steps he announced were the brainchild of the NDA government.
    • This grand design is the brainchild of the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust.
    • Although they're the brainchildren of an Italian-born designer, they're all-American products, designed and built in the U.S.
    • The festival, the brainchild of Mr Adams, is now in its seventh year.
    • Note that the League was the brainchild of Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States.
    • The idea was the brainchild of a Dutch company which is currently filming a documentary in Montserrat.
    • The project is the brainchild of East Lancs into Employment, a Harle Syke-based jobs company.
    • The theme behind his brainchildren became ‘Good design will not be overruled by bookkeeping,’ and in the years since, there's been no looking back.
    • Merge-Matic Books is actually the brainchild of The Washington Post.
    • It is the brainchild of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
    • The Academy was the brainchild of The Society of Authors, the professional body that represents writers.
    • The modern boxing glove was invented in 1743, the brainchild of Englishman Jack Broughton.
    Synonyms
    innovation, origination, creation, design, contraption, contrivance, construction, device, gadget, apparatus, machine
 
 

Definition of brainchild in US English:

brainchild

nounˈbreɪnˌtʃaɪldˈbrānˌCHīld
informal
  • An idea or invention which is considered to be a particular person's creation.

    the statue is the brainchild of a local landscape artist
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The scheme was the brainchild of Bradford Chamber of Commerce, which was working to find way of supporting new enterprise.
    • It is the brainchild of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
    • The idea was the brainchild of a Dutch company which is currently filming a documentary in Montserrat.
    • The project is the brainchild of East Lancs into Employment, a Harle Syke-based jobs company.
    • The modern boxing glove was invented in 1743, the brainchild of Englishman Jack Broughton.
    • Was this the brainchild of ironic liberal bureaucrats at the Treasury Department?
    • A brainchild of the Institute of Directors it was established to improve and sharpen the business skills of executives.
    • This grand design is the brainchild of the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust.
    • Creative Commons is the brainchild of cyberlaw and intellectual property experts in the United States.
    • However, as the idea is the brainchild of the council's new chairman, it is likely to receive the board's backing.
    • The collection was the brainchild of staff who work in the perfumery department at the Castle Square department store.
    • The theme behind his brainchildren became ‘Good design will not be overruled by bookkeeping,’ and in the years since, there's been no looking back.
    • Note that the League was the brainchild of Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States.
    • There was a woman who had to sell her brainchild - baby shampoo - to Tesco.
    • The Academy was the brainchild of The Society of Authors, the professional body that represents writers.
    • As the Olympic Games return to the land of their birth, a revival of the ancient Greeks' other brainchildren seems to be at hand as well.
    • Although they're the brainchildren of an Italian-born designer, they're all-American products, designed and built in the U.S.
    • Merge-Matic Books is actually the brainchild of The Washington Post.
    • Almost all the steps he announced were the brainchild of the NDA government.
    • The festival, the brainchild of Mr Adams, is now in its seventh year.
    Synonyms
    innovation, origination, creation, design, contraption, contrivance, construction, device, gadget, apparatus, machine
 
 
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