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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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 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 R-core transformers are ideal transformers making the most of R-core, the brainchild of Kitamura Kiden, which is a non-cut Core with a round section.
  型铁心变压器为使用了北村机电发明的圆形无断面切割R型铁心的变压器。
• A lazy person may be so distrustful of his fellow workers that he is having his brainchild stolen.
  懒人不相信自己的同事，害怕自己的想法被别人偷去。
• 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 project is the brainchild of BIDCO Refineries Ltd, which operates a vegetable oil plant in Jinja.
  这个项目是由BIDCORefineriesLtd公司提出的，它在Jinja运营着一个植物油工厂。