brain n. 1.腦,〔pl.〕腦髓;〔俚語(yǔ)〕計(jì)算機(jī);(導(dǎo)彈的) ...
monkey n. 1.猴子;猿〔cf. ape〕;長(zhǎng)毛猴的毛皮。 2.頑童;淘氣精。 3.打樁錘;(制造玻璃等用的)小坩堝。 4.〔英俚〕五百英鎊;〔美俚〕五百美元。 have a monkey (with the long tail) on a house [up the chimney] 〔方言〕抵押房屋。 have a monkey on one's back 為麻煩的問(wèn)題等而苦惱。 have [get] one's monkey up = get a monkey on one's back 〔英俚〕生氣,發(fā)脾氣。 monkey money 〔美俚〕公司的臨時(shí)股票;期票;外國(guó)貨幣。 vi. 惡戲,惡作劇,管閑事,干涉(with)。 vt. 學(xué)樣,嘲弄。 monkey (about) with 〔美俚〕用…逗…玩;嘲弄;瞎搞,插嘴;打攪。 monkey with a buzz saw 〔美俚〕孤注一擲,好歹干一下。 adj. -ish 猴子似的;頑皮的。
brain n. 1.腦,〔pl.〕腦髓;〔俚語(yǔ)〕計(jì)算機(jī);(導(dǎo)彈的)制導(dǎo)系統(tǒng)。 2.〔常 pl.〕智力,智能,智慧,腦力;頭腦。 3.〔口語(yǔ)〕聰明人;〔口語(yǔ)〕〔pl.〕智囊,出謀劃策者。 ★當(dāng)作器官時(shí)用單數(shù),當(dāng)作物質(zhì)時(shí)用復(fù)數(shù)。 be full of brains, have good [plenty of] brains 聰明,好腦筋。 man of brains 聰明人。 have no brains 沒(méi)頭腦,笨。 have a lucid brain 思路清晰,頭腦清醒。 the brain of the conspiracy 陰謀的策劃者。 electron brain〔俚語(yǔ)〕電腦,電子計(jì)算機(jī)。 beat [cudgel, pound, puzzle, rack] one's brains 絞腦汁,苦思。 beat one's brains out 拼命,竭力 (She beat her brains out studying. 她拼命用功)。 blow sb.'s brains out 使某人腦袋開花。 coin one's brains 想方設(shè)法掙錢。 get [have] (sth.) on thebrain 專心,全神貫注在(某事上)。 overtax one's brains 用腦過(guò)度。 pick [suck] sb.'s brains 采用〔竊取〕某人的主張〔想法,知識(shí),研究成果等〕。 turn sb.'s brain 沖昏某人頭腦,使自以為了不起。 water on the brain 腦水腫。 vt. 1.打破〔碎〕…的腦袋。 2.打…的頭部。 brain bleed 1.腦(血管)出血。2.〔比喻〕人才流失。 adj. -less 沒(méi)有頭腦的,愚鈍的,笨的。
Indiana jones and the temple of doom ( 1984 ) - the chilled monkey brains and eyeball soup were just parlor tricks : it was the " snake surprise " that was the real centerpiece to indy ' s most famous meal 奪寶奇兵2之魔宮傳奇? ?冷凍的猴腦和眼球湯只是客廳里的惡作劇:這是印地安真正的最重要的主菜。
Researchers studying rat and monkey brains found that by placing the sensitive tip of an electrode near a neuron they could pick up the sudden changes in the electric field that occurred when signals coursed through the cell 研究大鼠與猴子大腦的人員發(fā)現(xiàn),將電極的敏感尖端放在一神經(jīng)元附近,他們能檢測(cè)到信號(hào)迅速穿過(guò)神經(jīng)元時(shí)電場(chǎng)發(fā)生的突然變化。