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

• 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。
• Low density of grey matter of temproral lobe, sulci narrowing or disappearance and unclear grey matter margin.
  颞叶灰质密度减低，脑沟变窄或消失，灰白质界限不清。
• 3D-DOCTOR software was used to make threshold segmentation and to reconstruct spinal cord, grey matter and bilateral corticospinal tracts ( CSTs) of rat.
  利用3D-DOCTOR软件进行阈值分割并对大鼠脊髓、脊髓灰质、双侧皮质脊髓束结构进行三维重建，在PC机上对重建结构进行任意角度的观察，切割和测量。
• 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
• 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。
• An optimization model of grey matter element analysis of supporting schemes for deep foundation pit and its application
  深基坑支护方案灰色物元分析优化模型及其应用
• Traumatic brain injury and grey matter concentration: A preliminary voxel based morphometry study
  脑外伤和灰质密度：一项基于像素的形态学分析法的初步研究
• It's not clear whether using social networks boosts grey matter or if those with certain brain structures are good at making friends, say researchers.
  研究人员称，目前尚不清楚是社交网站促进了脑部物质的生长，还是脑部结构决定了他们是否擅长社交。