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

• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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 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 scheme is the brainchild of Arts& Business, which helps businesses sponsor the arts and is turning its attention to individual donors rather than corporate interests.
  这个计划是Arts&Business的创意。该机构帮助企业提供艺术品赞助，目前它正将注意力转向个人捐赠者，而非企业的兴趣。
• The oath is the brainchild of a group of Harvard MBA students worried about taking their degrees out into a world that holds much of senior management in contempt.
  誓言是一群哈佛MBA学生的心血结晶。他们担心拿到MBA学位后，进入的却是一个大部分高级管理人员都为人不齿的世界。
• 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 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。
• Leith, who hopes her brainchild will be taken in the light-hearted manner she intended, had the idea of producing a Valentine's Day sick bag but then turned her attention to the wedding.
  利思希望她的创意成果能如她所愿，让民众以轻松态度接纳它。她原先是想设计一款情人节呕吐袋，但后来把注意力转向这场婚礼。