时间: 2025-04-24 22:44:52
美: [bren]
英: [breɪn]
n. 头脑,智力;脑袋
vt. 猛击…的头部
n. (Brain)人名;(英)布雷恩
最后更新时间:2025-04-24 22:44:52
词源分析:Brain源自古英语“brægen”,与古德语“brēin”和拉丁语“cerebrum”有相似之处,皆表示大脑的意思。
历史背景:Brain首次出现在古英语文献中,早期的使用可能与解剖学或生理学有关,尤其是在描述动物或人类的生理特征时。
课本:在**的初中和高中教材中,通常在生物学或健康教育课程中出现;在牛津和美国的科学教材中,可能在初中生物学及心理学课程中出现。
正式与非正式语境:
特殊场合:在医学、心理学和神经科学等领域,brain的使用更为专业。
The brain controls all the functions of the body.
(大脑控制着身体的所有功能。)
He has a great brain for solving complex problems.
(他在解决复杂问题方面非常聪明。)
Damage to the brain can result in serious health issues.
(大脑受损可能会导致严重的健康问题。)
She studies brain chemistry at the university.
(她在大学学*大脑化学。)
The human brain is one of the most complex structures known.
(人类大脑是已知的最复杂的结构之一。)
同义词:mind(心智),intellect(智力),cerebrum(大脑的特定部分)。
反义词:ignorance(无知),stupidity(愚蠢)。
音标记忆法:/breɪn/,可以通过重复发音来加强记忆,联想发音与“雨”(rain)结合,想象“雨水滋润大脑”。
词根记忆法:将“brain”与“cerebrum”结合,理解大脑的不同部分与功能。
谐音联想记忆:将“brain”谐音成“班”,想象一班学生大脑聪明、积极学*。
通过上述分析与学*方法,可以更全面地理解和掌握“brain”这个单词的使用与含义。
[N-COUNT] Your brain is the organ inside your head that controls your body's activities and enables you to think and to feel things such as heat and pain. 脑
例:Her father died of a brain tumour.他的父亲死于脑瘤。
[N-COUNT] Your brain is your mind and the way that you think. 脑筋
例:Once you stop using your brain you soon go stale.一旦你停止动脑筋,你很快就会变迟钝。
[N-COUNT] If someone has brains or a good brain, they have the ability to learn and understand things quickly, to solve problems, and to make good decisions. 头脑
例:They were not the only ones to have brains and ambition.他们并非仅有的有头脑、有抱负的人。
[[非正式]] If someone is the brains behind an idea or an organization, he or she had that idea or makes the important decisions about how that organization is managed. 智囊
例:Mr. White was the brains behind the scheme.怀特先生是这项计划后面的智囊。