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 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 speeding outhouse is the brainchild of mad-cap mechanic Paul Stender, 43, who created the toilet with his team at Indy Boys Inc, based in Indianapolis, USA.
  这款便携式厕所是43岁机械师保罗斯滕得的心血，由他和位于美国印第安纳波利斯的印第男孩公司的同事们共同开发制作完成。
• The brainchild of the engineer will save us a lot of time and energy.
  这位工程师的设想将使我们节省许多时间和精力。
• 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。
• 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。
• Afghanistan's former president Burhanuddin Rabbani on Saturday was elected chairman of a new peace council, a Karzai brainchild set up to broker an end to the war.
  阿富汗的前总统布尔汉努丁·拉巴尼星期六被选为新的和平理事会的主席，该和平理事会是卡尔扎伊的脑力劳动成果，它的建立是为了以中间人等身分结束战争。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。