英语词汇“pickbrain”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

pickbrain n. and adj.

Brit.

/ˈpɪkbreɪn/

U.S.

/ˈpɪkˌbreɪn/

literary (a) n. a person who picks another's brains; (b) adj. (attributive), that picks one's brains.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > [adjective] > engaged in investigation

perquiring1598

exploratory1620

zetetic1645

zetetical1646

disquisitive1647

probing1749

disquisitorial1806

investigating1830

perusing1878

pickbrain1903

1903 A. Bierce in Coll. Wks. (1909) IV. 302 (title of poem) A pickbrain.

1934 D. Thomas 18 Poems 25 My pickbrain masters morsing on the stone Despair of blood, faith in the maiden's slime.

1946 Shakespeare Fellowship Q. 7 6 Another circumstance which undoubtedly has misled some of the earlier students of the relationship between King John and The Troublesome Raigne is the fact that the counterfeit here represents the best quality of workmanship that the Shakespearean pickbrains ever achieved.

1962 Mansfield (Ohio) News-Jrnl. 6 Mar. 4/2 Why is it, pick-brain psychologists, that some families move through life close-knit and unquestioning in affection and mutual respect, and others [etc.]?

1999 Times of India (Nexis) 26 Aug. Now, because dynamic new quizmasters like Giri the Pickbrain have come up with a brand new approach and more with-it questions, there is a quiz revival in the nation.

单词	pickbrain
释义	> as lemmas pickbrain pickbrain n. and adj. Brit. /ˈpɪkbreɪn/ , U.S. /ˈpɪkˌbreɪn/ literary (a) n. a person who picks another's brains; (b) adj. (attributive), that picks one's brains. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > [adjective] > engaged in investigation perquiring1598 exploratory1620 zetetic1645 zetetical1646 disquisitive1647 probing1749 disquisitorial1806 investigating1830 perusing1878 pickbrain1903 1903 A. Bierce in Coll. Wks. (1909) IV. 302 (title of poem) A pickbrain. 1934 D. Thomas 18 Poems 25 My pickbrain masters morsing on the stone Despair of blood, faith in the maiden's slime. 1946 Shakespeare Fellowship Q. 7 6 Another circumstance which undoubtedly has misled some of the earlier students of the relationship between King John and The Troublesome Raigne is the fact that the counterfeit here represents the best quality of workmanship that the Shakespearean pickbrains ever achieved. 1962 Mansfield (Ohio) News-Jrnl. 6 Mar. 4/2 Why is it, pick-brain psychologists, that some families move through life close-knit and unquestioning in affection and mutual respect, and others [etc.]? 1999 Times of India (Nexis) 26 Aug. Now, because dynamic new quizmasters like Giri the Pickbrain have come up with a brand new approach and more with-it questions, there is a quiz revival in the nation. extracted from pick-comb. form < as lemmas
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