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

• 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。
• As professor Wafaa Bilal's brainchild, the camera can take still pictures at one-minute intervals.
  瓦法阿-比埃尔教授所设想的这个摄像头可以一分钟间隔拍摄静态照。
• Short for'electronic/ electrical/ energy/ electricity'and'ubiquitous,'it is pronounced'u-biq'and is the brainchild of two Malaysian-born entrepreneurs, Yong Choon and Ng Joo Kok.
  Eubiq一词由“电子／电气／电能／电”及“无处不在”两部分组合而成，是YongChoon和NgJooKok这两位马来西亚裔企业家的奇思妙想。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It was my brainchild and I'd like to see the job through to the end.
  这是我的设想，因而我想看到任务完成。
• The brainchild of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Games, the event was based upon the unlucky officerintroduced into the Stockholm Games of1912.
  实际上，现代五项是由现代奥运会的创始人顾拜旦根据那位历尽磨难的法国军官的传说创立的，并成为1912年斯德哥尔摩奥运会的比赛项目。
• 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。