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单词 brainy
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Definition of brainy in English:

brainy

adjectivebrainier, brainiest ˈbreɪniˈbreɪni
  • Having or showing intelligence.

    a brainy discussion
    I was one of those brainy kids who read too much
    Example sentencesExamples
    • And, of course, he's not just for grown-up brainy types either.
    • Owning lots of books says we are brainy in this house.
    • Trapped, not by a zoo collector but by his own brainy brilliance, he has set himself up in a huge restless menagerie where he is in constant danger of cracking under the strain.
    • The dancing is ace, but if psychoanalysis isn't your bowl of chutney, bring along a brainy friend to guide you through those pesky talky bits.
    • It's tactical and brainy (unlike aquaerobics), and that means clever people do it.
    • The old plot was that you could be entrepreneurial and brilliant and brainy and win.
    • He was brainy, he attended all extra-curricular activities that involved intelligence and he wore his hair gelled.
    • I was one of those brainy kids who read too much and understood even less.
    • As a general rule, the more prestigious the private school, the more aggressively brainy the kids.
    • It may be too bright, too brainy for popular consumption, but I think they're looking at at it very seriously now.
    • If you're usually the dumb cowboy, be the brainy city guy for once.
    • One headline described her as blonde, brainy and ready to rumble.
    • If you remember 20 years ago, it was the norm that the pupils that couldn't keep up were put at the back of the class and the brainy ones were put to the front.
    • It was brilliant and brainy without being esoteric.
    • The brainy guys had their say, and while I didn't agree with everything they said, it was still cool that they were discussing and endorsing some of the ideas in the book.
    • I went for brainy, and proceeded to become much worse at various sports (not helped by the aforementioned asthma problem).
    • Here is an authentic young woman at last - bold, bubbly and brainy.
    • In fact, women who are beautiful and brainy often try to play down their intelligence.
    • As brainy as you are, Mr. Levitt, I expected better from you than this.
    • We were broken into 7 classes, one of which was us brainy kids.
    Synonyms
    clever, intelligent, bright, brilliant, gifted
    intellectual, erudite, well read, cultured, highbrow, academic, scholarly, cerebral, studious, bookish, bluestocking
    informal smart, genius
    British informal swotty
    North American informal whip-smart

Derivatives

  • brainily

  • adverb
    • She reaches deep with delicate and knowing fingers to tug the filament of a brainily targeted emotion.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He also brainily (a word) suggested that I put them in coffee mugs to transport them safely from inside to outside in lieu of actual pots.
      • His was not the sort of knowledge that arrogant men display when they set themselves up as authorities over a certain field of learning, arbitrarily judging and evaluating other men from the outside, as if they were altogether superior to the substance of what they brainily discourse upon.
      • But even the funniest of these brainily ludicrous jokes sputter halfheartedly.
      • It will not prepare moviegoers in any way for the depths of lunacy this brainily stupid movie plumbs.
  • braininess

  • noun
    • Without substantial characters or the faintest hint of realism underpinning the proceedings, the film comes off a bit like wish fulfillment for people whose braininess and ambition made them uncool as teenagers.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • For all its braininess, it's actually fun to listen to.
      • The media will fall in love with old-style braininess.
      • That I was inspired to write on a subject I had sworn off for the year is a tribute to Jay's insight and all-around braininess.
      • All this camouflages, to some degree, his eclectic braininess: Before pursuing geography, he earned degrees in religious studies (with a minor in musical composition) and art.

Rhymes

Bahraini, Chaney, Eugénie, grainy, Janey, Khomeini, rainy, veiny, waney, zany
 
 

Definition of brainy in US English:

brainy

adjectiveˈbrānēˈbreɪni
  • Having or showing intelligence.

    a brainy, high-powered lawyer
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The old plot was that you could be entrepreneurial and brilliant and brainy and win.
    • Trapped, not by a zoo collector but by his own brainy brilliance, he has set himself up in a huge restless menagerie where he is in constant danger of cracking under the strain.
    • I was one of those brainy kids who read too much and understood even less.
    • If you remember 20 years ago, it was the norm that the pupils that couldn't keep up were put at the back of the class and the brainy ones were put to the front.
    • As a general rule, the more prestigious the private school, the more aggressively brainy the kids.
    • The dancing is ace, but if psychoanalysis isn't your bowl of chutney, bring along a brainy friend to guide you through those pesky talky bits.
    • One headline described her as blonde, brainy and ready to rumble.
    • And, of course, he's not just for grown-up brainy types either.
    • Here is an authentic young woman at last - bold, bubbly and brainy.
    • It may be too bright, too brainy for popular consumption, but I think they're looking at at it very seriously now.
    • It was brilliant and brainy without being esoteric.
    • It's tactical and brainy (unlike aquaerobics), and that means clever people do it.
    • He was brainy, he attended all extra-curricular activities that involved intelligence and he wore his hair gelled.
    • The brainy guys had their say, and while I didn't agree with everything they said, it was still cool that they were discussing and endorsing some of the ideas in the book.
    • We were broken into 7 classes, one of which was us brainy kids.
    • As brainy as you are, Mr. Levitt, I expected better from you than this.
    • If you're usually the dumb cowboy, be the brainy city guy for once.
    • I went for brainy, and proceeded to become much worse at various sports (not helped by the aforementioned asthma problem).
    • In fact, women who are beautiful and brainy often try to play down their intelligence.
    • Owning lots of books says we are brainy in this house.
    Synonyms
    clever, intelligent, bright, brilliant, gifted
 
 
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