复合形式：
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baby brain,
also US: mommy brain,
also UK: mummy brain n | humorous, informal (pregnancy or new mother forgetfulness) (诙谐语) | SCSimplified Chinese 孕傻 |
| brain cell n | (nerve cell in the brain) | SCSimplified Chinese 脑细胞 nǎo xì bāo
TCTraditional Chinese 腦細胞 |
| | Dopamine is a chemical that stimulates brain cells. |
| brain damage n | (injury to the brain) | SCSimplified Chinese 对脑部的损伤 |
| | The driver suffered severe brain damage in the accident. |
| brain damage n | (impaired mental functioning) | SCSimplified Chinese 脑损伤 nǎo sǔn shāng
TCTraditional Chinese 腦損傷 |
| | The patient's brain damage prevents control of bodily movements. |
brain dead,
brain-dead adj | (patient: brain no longer functions) (病人) | SCSimplified Chinese 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 adj | figurative, pejorative, slang (person: stupid, unthinking) (人) | SCSimplified Chinese 蠢的 chǔn de |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 无思想的 chǔn de ，wú sī xiǎng de |
| | Who hasn't heard of Ronald Reagan? Is that girl brain dead? |
| brain death n | (stopping of brain function) | SCSimplified Chinese 脑死亡 |
| brain drain n | figurative (mass emigration of skilled people) | SCSimplified Chinese 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 fart n | informal (lapse in thought) | SCSimplified Chinese 大脑短路 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 大脑当机 |
| brain fever | (disease) | SCSimplified Chinese 脑膜炎 nǎo mó yán
TCTraditional Chinese 腦膜炎 |
| brain freeze n | informal (headache caused by ice cream) | SCSimplified Chinese 脑冻结 |
| 备注: 由冰淇淋引起的头疼症状 |
| brain gain | (immigration) | SCSimplified Chinese 人才流入 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 人才引进 |
brain hemorrhage (US),
brain haemorrhage (UK) n | (stroke, bleeding in the brain) | SCSimplified Chinese 脑出血
TCTraditional Chinese 腦出血 |
| brain injury n | (damage to cerebral area) | SCSimplified Chinese 脑损伤 nǎo sǔn shāng
TCTraditional Chinese 腦損傷 |
| brain power n | (intellectual or mental capacity) | SCSimplified Chinese 脑力 nǎo lì |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 智能 nǎo lì，zhì néng |
| | Eating fish is supposed to increase one's brain power. |
| brain scan | (medicine) (医学) | SCSimplified Chinese 脑扫描，脑部扫描 |
| brain stem n | (base of the brain) | SCSimplified Chinese 脑干 nǎo gàn |
| | The brain stem regulates the central nervous system. |
| brain surgery n | (operation on the brain) | SCSimplified Chinese 脑外科 nǎo wài kē
TCTraditional Chinese 腦外科 |
| | Brain surgery usually means drilling through the skull first. |
| brain surgery n | figurative ([sth] difficult, complex) (比喻) | SCSimplified Chinese 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. |
| brain trust n | (government advisors) | SCSimplified Chinese 智囊团 zhì náng tuán
TCTraditional Chinese 智囊團 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 政府顾问团 |
brain tumor (US),
brain tumour (UK) n | (abnormal growth in the brain) | SCSimplified Chinese 颅脑肿瘤 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 脑肿瘤 |
| brain-damaged adj | (affected by a brain injury) | SCSimplified Chinese 脑损伤的 |
brainteaser,
brain-teaser n | (puzzle, riddle) | SCSimplified Chinese 难题 nán tí
TCTraditional Chinese 難題 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 谜语 nán tí，mí yǔ |
brainwave,
brain wave n | usually plural (electrical impulse in the brain) | SCSimplified Chinese 脑电波 nǎo diàn bō
TCTraditional Chinese 腦電波 |
| | Brainwaves carry messages throughout our bodies. |
brainwave,
brain wave n | figurative, informal (good idea) (比喻，非正式用语) | SCSimplified Chinese 灵机一动，好点子 líng jī yí dòng，hǎo diǎn zi
TCTraditional Chinese 靈機一動，好點子 |
| 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) n | informal, figurative, pejorative (foolish person) | SCSimplified Chinese 蠢材 chǔn cái |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 蠢东西 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 蠢货 chǔn cái，chǔn huò |
| have [sth/sb] on the brain v expr | informal (think obsessively about) | SCSimplified Chinese 满脑子都是 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 脑中总是在想 |
| left brain | (anatomy) | SCSimplified Chinese 左脑 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 左侧脑 |
pick [sb]'s brain,
pick [sb]'s brains v expr | figurative (ask [sb] a question) (比喻) | SCSimplified Chinese 向…请教，征求…的想法 |
| | Can I pick your brain for a minute? |
rack your brains,
rack your brain,
wrack your brains,
wrack your brain v expr | (try to remember) | SCSimplified Chinese 绞尽脑汁 |
| right brain | (anatomy) | SCSimplified Chinese 右脑 |