brain 音标拼音: [br'en]
n . 头脑,电脑,智慧
头脑,电脑,智慧
brain 大脑
brain 脑
brain n 1 :
that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers ;
enclosed within the skull ;
continuous with the spinal cord [
synonym : {
brain },
{
encephalon }]
2 :
mental ability ; "
he '
s got plenty of brains but no common sense " [
synonym : {
brain }, {
brainpower }, {
learning ability },
{
mental capacity }, {
mentality }, {
wit }]
3 :
that which is responsible for one '
s thoughts and feelings ;
the seat of the faculty of reason ; "
his mind wandered "; "
I couldn '
t get his words out of my head " [
synonym : {
mind }, {
head },
{
brain }, {
psyche }, {
nous }]
4 :
someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality ; "
Mozart was a child genius "; "
he '
s smart but he '
s no Einstein " [
synonym : {
genius }, {
mastermind }, {
brain },
{
brainiac }, {
Einstein }]
5 :
the brain of certain animals used as meat v 1 :
hit on the head 2 :
kill by smashing someone '
s skull Brain \
Brain \ (
br [=
a ]
n ),
n . [
OE .
brain ,
brein ,
AS .
bragen ,
br [
ae ]
gen ;
akin to LG .
br [
aum ]
gen ,
bregen ,
D .
brein ,
and perh .
to Gr .
bre `
gma ,
brechmo `
s ,
the upper part of head ,
if [
beta ] = [
phi ]. [
root ]
95 .]
[
1913 Webster ]
1 . (
Anat .)
The whitish mass of soft matter (
the center of the nervous system ,
and the seat of consciousness and volition )
which is inclosed in the cartilaginous or bony cranium of vertebrate animals .
It is simply the anterior termination of the spinal cord ,
and is developed from three embryonic vesicles ,
whose cavities are connected with the central canal of the cord ;
the cavities of the vesicles become the central cavities ,
or ventricles ,
and the walls thicken unequally and become the three segments ,
the fore -,
mid -,
and hind -
brain .
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Note :
In the brain of man the cerebral lobes ,
or largest part of the forebrain ,
are enormously developed so as to overhang the cerebellum ,
the great lobe of the hindbrain ,
and completely cover the lobes of the midbrain .
The surface of the cerebrum is divided into irregular ridges ,
or convolutions ,
separated by grooves (
the so -
called fissures and sulci ),
and the two hemispheres are connected at the bottom of the longitudinal fissure by a great transverse band of nervous matter ,
the corpus callosum ,
while the two halves of the cerebellum are connected on the under side of the brain by the bridge ,
or pons Varolii .
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2 . (
Zool .)
The anterior or cephalic ganglion in insects and other invertebrates .
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3 .
The organ or seat of intellect ;
hence ,
the understanding ;
as ,
use your brains . "
My brain is too dull ." --
Sir W .
Scott .
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Note :
In this sense ,
often used in the plural .
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4 .
The affections ;
fancy ;
imagination . [
R .] --
Shak .
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5 .
a very intelligent person . [
informal ]
[
PJC ]
6 .
the controlling electronic mechanism for a robot ,
guided missile ,
computer ,
or other device exhibiting some degree of self -
regulation . [
informal ]
[
PJC ]
{
To have on the brain },
to have constantly in one '
s thoughts ,
as a sort of monomania . [
Low ]
{
no -
brainer }
a decision requiring little or no thought ;
an obvious choice . [
slang ]
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{
Brain box }
or {
Brain case },
the bony or cartilaginous case inclosing the brain .
{
Brain coral }, {
Brain stone coral } (
Zool .),
a massive reef -
building coral having the surface covered by ridges separated by furrows so as to resemble somewhat the surface of the brain ,
esp .
such corals of the genera {
M [
ae ]
andrina }
and {
Diploria }.
{
Brain fag } (
Med .),
brain weariness .
See {
Cerebropathy }.
{
Brain fever } (
Med .),
fever in which the brain is specially affected ;
any acute cerebral affection attended by fever .
{
Brain sand },
calcareous matter found in the pineal gland .
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Brain \
Brain \ (
br [=
a ]
n ),
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Brained }
(
br [=
a ]
nd );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Braining }.]
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1 .
To dash out the brains of ;
to kill by beating out the brains .
Hence ,
Fig .:
To destroy ;
to put an end to ;
to defeat .
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There thou mayst brain him . --
Shak .
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It was the swift celerity of the death . . .
That brained my purpose . --
Shak .
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2 .
To conceive ;
to understand . [
Obs .]
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'
T is still a dream ,
or else such stuff as madmen Tongue ,
and brain not . --
Shak .
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160 Moby Thesaurus words for "
brain ":
Vernunft ,
abdomen ,
acumen ,
afferent neuron ,
anus ,
appendix ,
autonomic nervous system ,
axon ,
bean ,
blind gut ,
blow to pieces ,
blow up ,
bowels ,
brains ,
bring down ,
burn to death ,
capacity ,
cecum ,
central nervous system ,
cerebral cortex ,
cognition ,
colon ,
conception ,
consciousness ,
craniosacral nervous system ,
cut down ,
cut to pieces ,
deal a deathblow ,
dendrite ,
discernment ,
discourse of reason ,
discursive reason ,
disintegrate ,
drop ,
duodenum ,
effector organ ,
efferent neuron ,
encephalon ,
endocardium ,
entrails ,
esprit ,
fell ,
foregut ,
frag ,
ganglion ,
genius ,
giblets ,
give the quietus ,
gizzard ,
gray matter ,
gun down ,
guts ,
head ,
headpiece ,
heart ,
hindgut ,
imagination ,
incinerate ,
innards ,
inner mechanism ,
insides ,
intellect ,
intellection ,
intellectual ,
intellectual faculty ,
intelligence ,
internals ,
internuncial neuron ,
intestine ,
inwards ,
jejunum ,
jugulate ,
kidney ,
kishkes ,
knowledge ,
lapidate ,
large intestine ,
lay low ,
leader ,
liver ,
liver and lights ,
lung ,
mastermind ,
medullary sheath ,
mens ,
mental capacity ,
mentality ,
midgut ,
mind ,
mother wit ,
nerve ,
nerve trunk ,
nervous system ,
neuron ,
noddle ,
noggin ,
noodle ,
nous ,
organ of thought ,
pate ,
perception ,
perceptiveness ,
percipience ,
perineum ,
peripheral nervous system ,
perspicacity ,
pistol ,
planner ,
plexus ,
poleax ,
power of reason ,
psyche ,
pump ,
pylorus ,
ratio ,
rationality ,
reason ,
reasoning ,
reasoning faculty ,
rectum ,
riddle ,
sagacity ,
sconce ,
seat of thought ,
sensation ,
sense ,
sensorium ,
sensory ,
sensory area ,
sensory cell ,
shoot ,
shoot down ,
shoot to death ,
shotgun ,
silence ,
small intestine ,
smarts ,
solar plexus ,
spinal cord ,
spleen ,
stab to death ,
stomach ,
stone ,
stone to death ,
strike dead ,
synapse ,
thoracolumbar nervous system ,
thought ,
ticker ,
tripes ,
understanding ,
vaporize ,
vermiform appendix ,
viscera ,
vitals ,
white matter ,
wisdom ,
wise man ,
wit ,
works
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