| 单词 | to beat the brains |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto beat the brains a. to beat the brains, to beat the head, etc.: to think persistently and laboriously. Cf. cudgel v. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > think [verb (intransitive)] > hard to burst one's brainc1385 to break one's mind (heart)a1450 to break one's brain, mind, wind1530 to beat the brains1579 to rack one's brain (also brains, wit, memory, etc.)1583 hammer1598 beat1604 to cudgel one's brains1604 to bother one's brains (also brain)1755 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 457/2 Yet do the Papistes, but beate the water, when they stand & beate their heads only about ceremonies. a1593 C. Marlowe Massacre at Paris (c1600) sig. A4 Guise..beates his braines to catch vs in his trap. 1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 108 I have beat my Noddle a good while, considering of the reasons. 1686 W. de Britaine Humane Prudence (ed. 3) §1 Never..Beat your Brain about the Proportion between the Cylinder and the Sphere. < as lemmas |
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