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WordReference English-Chinese Dictionary © 2019: | 主要翻译 | | brain nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (organ in head) | 脑
nǎo | | | | 大脑
dà nǎo | | | Her brain was damaged in the accident. | | | 她的大脑在事故中受损。 | | brain nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (mind) | 头脑
tóu nǎo | | | | 智力
zhì lì | | | | 智慧
zhì huì | | | Use your brain to find a solution! | | | 动动脑子解决问题！ | | brains nplplural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors." | informal, figurative (intelligence) (口语) | 智力，聪明才智
| | | He doesn't have a lot of brains. | | | 他的智力不太高。 | | brains nplplural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors." | figurative (computing: central processing unit) (比喻，指电脑的中央处理器) | 大脑
dà nǎo | | | The brains of the computer are in the CPU. | | | 计算机的大脑就是CPU（中央处理器）。 | | | | 其他翻译 | | brain nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | informal, figurative (intelligent person) (非正式用语) | 聪明的人，有智慧的人
| | | My friend Edwin is a real brain. | | the brains of [sth] nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | figurative, informal (person who masterminds [sth]) | 策划者
cè huà zhě | | | | 智囊
| | | I'm the brains of the operation; my brother supplies the brawn. | | brain⇒ vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | slang (to hit in the head) (俚语) | 击中…的头部，打破…的脑袋
| | | My poor friend was brained by a golf ball as he watched the tournament. |
WordReference English-Chinese Dictionary © 2019: | 复合形式： | | brain cell nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (nerve cell in the brain) | 脑细胞
nǎo xì bāo | | | Dopamine is a chemical that stimulates brain cells. | | brain damage nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (injury to the brain) | 对脑部的损伤
| | | The driver suffered severe brain damage in the accident. | | brain damage nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (impaired mental functioning) | 脑损伤
nǎo sǔn shāng | | | The patient's brain damage prevents control of bodily movements. | brain dead,
brain-dead adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (patient: brain no longer functions) (病人) | 脑死亡的
| | 备注: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun | | | She was assessed to be brain dead following the crash. | brain dead,
brain-dead adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | figurative, pejorative, slang (person: stupid, unthinking) (人) | 蠢的
chǔn de | | | Who hasn't heard of Ronald Reagan? Is that girl brain dead? | | brain death nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (stopping of brain function) | 脑死亡
| | brain drain nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | figurative (mass emigration of skilled people) | 人才流失
rén cái liú shī | | | Poland experienced a brain drain when much of its educated population emigrated to the UK. | | | 波兰多数受过教育的人都移民去了英国，导致波兰经历了一次人才流失。 | | brain freeze nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | informal (headache caused by ice cream) | 脑冻结
| brain hemorrhage (US),
brain haemorrhage (UK) nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (stroke, bleeding in the brain) | 脑出血
| | brain injury nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (damage to cerebral area) | 脑损伤
nǎo sǔn shāng | | brain power nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (intellectual or mental capacity) | 脑力
nǎo lì | | | | 智能
zhì néng | | | Eating fish is supposed to increase one's brain power. | | brain scan | (medicine) (医学) | 脑扫描，脑部扫描
| | brain stem nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (base of the brain) | 脑干
nǎo gàn | | | The brain stem regulates the central nervous system. | | brain surgery nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (operation on the brain) | 脑外科
nǎo wài kē | | | Brain surgery usually means drilling through the skull first. | | brain surgery nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | figurative ([sth] difficult, complex) (比喻) | 伤脑筋的事
shāng nǎo jīn de shì | | 备注: Usually used with a negative: It's not brain surgery. | | | Come on! It's not like this is brain surgery! Just diagram the sentence. | brainwave,
brain wave nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | figurative, informal (good idea) (比喻，非正式用语) | 灵机一动，好点子
| | 备注: Usually singular for this meaning. | | | I had the brainwave of using apricots instead of dates, and the cake was delicious. | featherbrain,
featherhead (US),
feather-brain (UK) nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | informal, figurative, pejorative (foolish person) | 蠢材
chǔn cái | | | | 蠢东西
| | | | 蠢货
chǔn huò | pick [sb]'s brain,
pick [sb]'s brains v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | figurative (ask [sb] a question) (比喻) | 向…请教，征求…的想法
| | | Can I pick your brain for a minute? |
Collins Chinese Dictionary Plus (3rd edition), 2011: brain [ breIn] I n 1 [c] (Anat) 脑(腦) nǎo [个 gè] 2 [u] (fig) 大脑(腦) dànǎo IIbrains n pl 1 (Culin) 脑(腦)髓 nǎosuǐ 2 (= intelligence) 智力 zhìlì- he's got brains
他很聪(聰)慧 tā hěn cōnghuì - he's the brains of the organization
(inf) 他是该(該)组(組)织(織)的中枢(樞)人物 tā shì gāi zǔzhī de zhōngshū rénwù - to pick sb's brains
(inf)问(問)某人的意见(見) wèn mǒurén de yìjiàn - to rack one's brains
绞(絞)尽(盡)脑(腦)汁 jiǎojìn nǎozhī
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