brainchild

英 [ˈbreɪntʃaɪld]

美 [ˈbreɪntʃaɪld]

n.  (个人或小群体的)主意，发明

复数：brainchilds　

Collins.1 / BNC.19694 / COCA.18305

牛津词典

noun

• （个人或小群体的）主意，发明
  an idea or invention of one person or a small group of people

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 思想结晶；创作成果
  Someone'sbrainchildis an idea or invention that they have thought up or created.
  1. The record was the brainchild of rock star Bob Geldof.
     这张唱片是摇滚歌星鲍勃·格尔多夫的心血之作。

英英释义

noun

• a product of your creative thinking and work
  1. he had little respect for the inspirations of other artists
  2. after years of work his brainchild was a tangible reality
  Synonym:inspiration

双语例句

• The record was the brainchild of rock star Bob Geldof.
  这张唱片是摇滚歌星鲍勃·格尔多夫的心血之作。
• The project is the brainchild of BIDCO Refineries Ltd, which operates a vegetable oil plant in Jinja.
  这个项目是由BIDCORefineriesLtd公司提出的，它在Jinja运营着一个植物油工厂。
• The novel plan is the brainchild of the International Rice Research Institute of the Philippines, partnering with Voice of Ho Chi Minh.
  这一创新计划是与胡志明之音合作的菲律宾国际水稻研究所的一项创意成果。
• In this feature, Sarah Tomlin reports on the Millennium Villages project, brainchild of Jeffrey Sachs, who heads the UN Millennium Project and the US-based Earth Institute.
  在这篇特写中，SarahTomlin报道了由联合国千年项目和美国地球研究所的负责人JeffreySachs设计出的千年村庄项目。
• The chair is the brainchild of Japanese company UniCare – they're selling the product for 46,000 yen ($ 419) at the International Home Care and Rehabilitation Exhibition in Tokyo.
  这个椅子是日本UniCare公司的产品&在东京巨型的家庭护理和康复展览会上，这款产品的价格是46000日元，相当于419美元。
• A lazy person may be so distrustful of his fellow workers that he is having his brainchild stolen.
  懒人不相信自己的同事，害怕自己的想法被别人偷去。
• The electric light bulb is the brainchild of Thomas Edison, the telephone is the brainchild of Alexander Graham Bell, two19th-century American inventors.
  爱迪生发明了电灯泡，贝尔发明了电话，这两人同为19世纪的美国发明家。
• In development for a couple of years, the project is the brainchild of Google X, the online search-leader's secret facility that spawned the self-driving car and could one day send elevators into space.
  这款眼镜由网络搜索巨头谷歌公司的秘密机构谷歌X实验室开发数年，该实验室研制出了自动驾驶汽车，还有望研制出太空电梯。
• The private campaign was the brainchild of Swiss filmmaker and museum curator Bernard Weber, who said his initiative seeks to recreate the popularity of the Seven Wonders of the World.
  这一民间评选活动的想法是瑞士电影制作人、博物馆馆长伯纳德•韦伯提出的，他说他的初衷是想重振世界七大奇迹的人气。
• Leith, who hopes her brainchild will be taken in the light-hearted manner she intended, had the idea of producing a Valentine's Day sick bag but then turned her attention to the wedding.
  利思希望她的创意成果能如她所愿，让民众以轻松态度接纳它。她原先是想设计一款情人节呕吐袋，但后来把注意力转向这场婚礼。