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

• 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。
• This new fast food restaurant in Beirut's southern suburbs was the brainchild of co-owner Ali Hammoud.
  这家新开张的快餐店位于贝鲁特南部郊区，这一颇具“爆炸性”的点子是该店合伙人阿里•哈穆德想出来的。
• The lock is the brainchild of CEO Jason Johnson and renowned designer Yves B é har, who also designed the Jawbone fitness tracker and led the design for the One Laptop Per Child project.
  这种智能锁是首席执行官杰森o约翰逊和知名设计师伊夫o贝哈尔的杰作，后者还设计过Jawbone健身追踪器，也是每个孩子一台笔记本（onelaptopperchild）项目的总设计师。
• The disused bunker was reopened in2008 with its futuristic design the brainchild of Swedish architects Albert France-Lanord, who were inspired by Bond sets created by Sir Kenneth Adams.
  这座掩体于2008年重新对外开放，其未来派风格的设计出自瑞典建筑师阿尔伯特·弗朗斯-拉诺德之手。他的设计灵感来自于肯尼斯·亚当斯爵士打造的邦德影片场景。
• The system is the brainchild of Lior hessel, 31, an agricultural engineer.
  这个系统是耐尔郝赛尔的研究结晶。他31岁，是农业工程师。
• 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。
• This festival was the brainchild of the local mayor.
  这场庆典是当地市长的构思。
• The oath is the brainchild of a group of Harvard MBA students worried about taking their degrees out into a world that holds much of senior management in contempt.
  誓言是一群哈佛MBA学生的心血结晶。他们担心拿到MBA学位后，进入的却是一个大部分高级管理人员都为人不齿的世界。
• 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。
• We need the same shorthand in policy, a quality kite-mark that tells us politicians have actually done some homework before they roll out their latest brainchild.
  我们需要对政策进行同样的提炼，打上一个质量证明标记，告诉我们最新的政策出炉之前，政客们真的做过一些准备。