| 单词 | brainchild |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbrainchild brainchild n. colloquial the product of a person's mind; an idea or invention that is the creation of a particular person, organization, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > [noun] > creative design or product findalOE ideaa1586 conception1587 creationa1616 birth1625 brainchild1631 constructurea1652 notion1742 construction1796 baby1890 1628 R. Hayman tr. J. Owen Certaine Epigrams i. 8 in Quodlibets All my braines Children fraile and mortall be.] 1631 B. Jonson New Inne i. i. sig. B A brayne-child o'mine owne! and I am proud on't! 1779 C. Murray Exper. Prol. Tonight, this modern practice I disown, My task's to introduce a brain-child of my own. 1881 Househ. Words 1 Oct. 450/2 The brain-children [i.e. novels] of the illustrious dead. 1920 P. G. Wodehouse Jill the Reckless xvii. 312 The almost maternal yearning to see his brain-child once more, which can never be wholly crushed out of a young dramatist. 1958 J. Cannan And be Villain iv. 81 How well I know that filing system. It was my own brain-child. 2001 Farm Industry News mid-Feb. 79 The brainchild of a Kansas wheat farmer, Machinerylink lets you buy, sell, share or trade machinery online. < as lemmas |
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