英:[ˈbreɪnstɔːm]
美:[ˈbreɪnstɔːrm]
英:[ˈbreɪnstɔːm]
美:[ˈbreɪnstɔːrm]
brain·storm
breIn storm
复数:brainstorms
第三人称单数:brainstorms
现在分词:brainstorming
过去式:brainstormed
过去分词:brainstormed
brainstormer (n.)
词根:brainy
adj.brainy 聪明的;脑筋好的;有头脑的
brainless 无头脑的,愚蠢的
n.brainstorming 集体研讨;发表独创性意见
v.brainstorming 集思广益以寻找;集体自由讨论(brainstorm的ing形式)
verb
transitive + intransitive
to try to solve a problem or come up with new ideas by having a discussion that includes all members of a group : to discuss a problem or issue and suggest solutions and ideas Engineers are only beginning to brainstorm possible reasons that Polar Lander might have kept silent.—Sharon Begley see also brainstorming
Students from Paris, Milan, Tokyo, and New York were invited to the Cambridge campus to brainstorm with MIT students on the marriage of couture and computer.—Elizabeth Thrasher
noun
a sudden bright idea
Another French immigrant to the Quaker City, Eugene Roussel, had a brainstorm that raised the curtain on a new era in the history of carbonated beverages.—David M. Schwartz
the act of brainstorming : a group discussion for the purpose of solving a problem or coming up with new ideas
Once the brainstorms are done, however, everyone needs to get their individual pieces of the creative puzzle done as effectively and efficiently as possible.—Denise Blasevick
a harebrained idea
The layout looks as though it is the brainstorm of the art director of a struggling new advertising agency after a three-martini lunch.—Sloan Wilson
British, informal a temporary state of confusion : a period of unclear thinking
… Smith's rise was interrupted by a brainstorm, a failure of logic, a loss of bearings that will now stay with him for the rest of his life.—Paul Hayward
dated a violent transient fit of insanity
同样地,到1861年,“狂躁性的急性谵妄发作; 在强烈情感的压力下,意志和理智的突然丧失,通常伴随着暴力行为”的俚语术语是“brain-storm”,源自于“brain”的名词和“storm”的形容词的比喻用法。
“辉煌的想法、精神上的兴奋、精神应用的狂热”这个意思是在1934年之后出现的,似乎是由早期的意义演变而来:
Modern radio broadcasting is replete with examples of the resourcefulness, daring and hair-trigger thinking of the men who handle the big news breaks and special programs for the networks — the "brainstorm boys" the announcers and engineers call them. Eye-witness accounts of federal agents surrounding a gang lair, word pictures of dust storms, stratosphere flights, floods and fires — these are but a few of the programs brought to radio audiences by the brainstorm squad. [Popular Mechanics, July 1936]
现代广播里充满了处理大型新闻故事和特别节目的网络的“脑力风暴小组”的机敏、勇气和敏捷思维的例子,这些广播员和工程师称他们为“脑力风暴男孩”。联邦特工包围一个黑帮巢穴的现场目击者,沙尘暴、平流层飞行、洪水和火灾的视觉描绘——这些都是“脑力风暴小组”向广播听众呈现的节目中的一部分。[Popular Mechanics, July 1936]
动词意思“集中攻击问题,涉及自发思想”的意思是在1947年出现的。相关的: Brainstormed; brainstorming。
The first known use of brainstorm was circa 1861
brain wavenoun
rhythmic changes in voltage between parts of the brain
brainteasernoun
something demanding mental effort for its solution : puzzle
brainstormingnoun
a technique used to solve problems and encourage creativity in which members of a group share their ideas about a subject
brainstormnoun
a sudden inspiration or idea
1 Organize your thoughts before writing: brainstorm 、 make an outline 、 etc.
下笔前整合思绪: 脑力激荡,写出纲要等.
2 Unlike that famed cerebral sleuth, William Arrowood is the detective of last resort, relying on instinct, impulse and sudden brainstorms to resolve distasteful cases for unsavory clients.
3 Hyacinth was making Operation Beiderman buttons for the kids to wear for their brainstorming sessions.
4 Choose 5 adventure goals from your brainstorm that you're most excited about.
从你脑海里选出五个你最想实现的目标。
5 She harked back to when she and Hiley were brainstorming at the cafe in Edinburgh, and to the message she had written in block letters atop their storyboard: “Antibiotics are precious.”
6 Mr. Dall’Ara was in Friuli on behalf of the region, brainstorming ways to bring the local villages back to life through tourism, but the area around Maranzanis was an unlikely spot for a hotel.
7 Latin American leaders have already been brainstorming new ideas to address drug trafficking and subsequent violence in the region.
8 'Look,' she said, getting a brainstorm, 'Why don't you invite them here?'
“对了,”她灵机一动说道,“你干吗不请他们到这儿来?”
9 At the tail end of of the interview, Simmons embarks on a rock n roll brainstorming session with his son Nick.
10 So I just started to brainstorm, and I started to watch a lot of daytime television, which I didn’t have time to before, because I was working 900 jobs.
11 What started as brainstorming sessions, sharing contacts and opening up about the highs and lows of working freelance, soon turned into long lunches and late nights out.
12 I must have had a brainstorm.
我一定是一时头脑发热.
13 The women meet twice a month to brainstorm and set business goals for each other...
她们每个月聚会两次,在一起出谋献策,为各自制定生意目标。
14 He enlists some of his sister’s friends to help him brainstorm and writes the speech from his notes.
15 Tamika was coming over later and we were going to brainstorm possible experiments for our YouTube channel, Science Rocks, hosted by the two greatest scientists in the universe, after Einstein, of course.
16 In other words, I should have had this major brainstorm a long time ago, but that is not the way life works.
17 Allegedly planning to kill his parents for years, Blair had hidden a gun in his bedroom closet, according to the court documents, which claim that the teen had brainstormed alternative ways of murdering his parents but had settled on shooting them with a handgun.
18 We start brainstorming what to do: we can drive to Embassy Beach and go skinny-dipping.
19 Set enough time aside to brainstorm at least once a day.
最少每天给时间。
20 After we unanimously chose Becky’s suggested team name, “Apptitude,” we brainstormed what kind of app we wanted to build, one that would help solve a problem.
1 神智不清
2 突然想到的妙计
3 妙计
4 脑力激荡
5 精神错乱
mad insane unbalanced psychotic disordered deranged psychosis lunacy be off your head of unsound mind go mad distract frantic lunatic daft gonzo moonstruck crack-brained madness insanity alienation folie amentia phrenitis delir unbalance off onion get the crackers meshuga deliration insaneness deliquium unwit off head out of head have bats in the belfry
6 头脑风暴
8 奇想
9 奇思妙想
10 灵机
12 发晕