| 释义 |
brainy, a.|ˈbreɪnɪ|
[f. brain n. + -y1.]
That has plenty of brains; acute, clever.
1845Leigh Hunt Let. 19 July (1862) II. 104 That was a good, hearty, brainy, valuable bit of existence you gave us the other night. 1874Sex & Educat. 25 Men here are for the most part wiry, sinewy, nervous, and brainy. 1883D. Wheeler By-Ways of Lit. iii. 42 The culture [in monasteries] was of a more brainy sort. 1951J. Cannan And All I Learned x. 174 All of them had passed except poor old Timothy and she had to confess that he wasn't at all brainy. 1956M. Dickens Angel in Corner xi. 228 Betty's fiancé was an undersized but brainy boy. |