brain

Từ điển Collocation

brain noun

1 part of the body

ADJ. human | left, right The left brain controls the right-hand side of the body.

BRAIN + NOUN cell, tissue | region | function, process | activity | damage, disease, disorder, failure, haemorrhage, illness, injury, tumour | scan | surgeon, surgery

PREP. in the/your ~ Doctors tried to reduce the swelling in his brain. | on the/your ~ He was found to have a blood clot on his brain. (figurative) He's got football on the brain (= thinks about nothing but football).

PHRASES blow your brains out While cleaning his shotgun he had accidentally blown his own brains out.

2 ability to think/intelligence

ADJ. fertile, fine, good, great, quick | muddled, tired My tired brain couldn't cope with such a complex problem. | analytical

VERB + BRAIN rack We racked our brains but we couldn't come up with a solution. | pick sb's (= ask sb for information because they know more about a subject than you) I need to pick your brains: what can you tell me about credit unions? | take It doesn't take much brain to work out that both stories can't be true.

BRAIN + VERB function, tick over, work It's important to keep your brain ticking over. | reel His brain reeled as he realized the implication of his dismissal. | register sth The stopping distance includes the time taken for the brain to register the need to stop.

BRAIN + NOUN power (also brainpower)

PREP. ~ behind the brains behind the robberies

PHRASES brains and brawn/brains and not brawn, etc. They relied on brains rather than brawn (= intelligence, not strength). | have a brain for sth She has a good brain for mathematics.

Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord; encephalon
  • mental ability; brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit

    he's got plenty of brains but no common sense

  • that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason; mind, head, psyche, nous

    his mind wandered

    I couldn't get his words out of my head

  • someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality; genius, mastermind, brainiac, Einstein

    Mozart was a child genius

    he's smart but he's no Einstein

  • the brain of certain animals used as meat

    v.

  • hit on the head
  • kill by smashing someone's skull

English Slang Dictionary

to hit on the head:"If you don't tidy your room now, I'll brain you"

English Idioms Dictionary

(See what a brain)

File Extension Dictionary

Msdev Common Addins File

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

brains|brained|braining
syn.: Einstein brainiac brainpower encephalon genius head learning ability mastermind mental capacity mentality mind nous psyche wit