grey matter

英 [ˈɡreɪ mætə(r)]

美 [ˈɡreɪ mætər]

n.  (人的)头脑，脑子

牛津词典

noun

• （人的）头脑，脑子
  a person's intelligence

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 gray matter


• N-UNCOUNT 头脑；智力
  You can refer to your intelligence or your brains asgrey matter.
  1. ...an unsolved mathematical equation which has caused his grey matter to work overtime.
     他长时间思考的一道悬而未决的数学方程式

英英释义

noun

• greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers
  Synonym:gray mattergrey substancegray substancesubstantia grisea

双语例句

• So people enjoy hitting up the elliptical before working their grey matter, but does exercise actually make people better leaders?
  好吧，人们在开动脑筋前喜欢到健身器械上活动活动，但健身是否真的能让人成为更好的领导？
• Those who used spatial navigation strategies ( i.e.the non-GPS method) had increased activity and a greater volume of22) grey matter in the hippocampus than those who relied on GPS.
  使用空间导航法（即非GPS法）的人，他们的大脑活动更为活跃，海马体的灰质也比GPS使用者的多。
• Even though Mr. B possesses unique grey matter, he does not flaunt himself.
  即使B先生才智不凡，他也不夸耀自己。
• Encourage the older patients to play card games or do simple jigsaw puzzles-anything that keeps the grey matter in use.
  鼓励老年病人打牌或做拼板游戏等事情，只要让他们动脑子就行。
• Cerebellar white matter was severely involved, but the grey matter nucleus were not involved.
  以小脑半球白质受累最为严重，但其灰质核团未见受累。
• If you use your grey matter, you can solve this math problem.
  假如你用你的头脑，你就能解决这个数学题目。
• In brain scans, increases in verbal IQ were accompanied by an increase in grey matter in the part of the brain which is activated when you articulate speech, called the left motor cortex.
  通过脑部扫描图可以看出，言语智商的增加伴随着大脑左半球运动皮层灰质的增多，这一区域在人们发声讲话时就会活跃起来。
• A study from Yale University in the US found that a woman's grey matter grows in the weeks and months after she gives birth.
  美国耶鲁大学研究发现，女人在生产后几周或几个月里，大脑灰质增多了。
• We have enough grey matter to discern when the rules are helpful and when they are not.
  我们的脑子足可以分辨规则何时有用，何时不行。
• Grey matter elements analysis of indoor air quality
  室内空气品质综合评价的灰色物元分析法