brains /breɪnz/► SEE ALLbrains and/versus brawnthe brains behind sthbeat your brains outblow your/sb’s brains outpick sb’s brainsrack your brains ●brains and/versus brawnintelligence and/compared with physical strength智力和体力／脑力与体力相比◆In this job you need both brains and brawn. 做这份工作既劳神又费力。●the ˈbrains behind sththe person who thinks of new ideas and makes plans for sb/sth策划组织者；智囊◆Everyone knew that she was the real brains behind the operation. 大家都知道她才是这一行动的真正策划者。●beat your ˈbrains out (informal, especially NAmE) think very hard about sth for a long time绞尽脑汁；费尽心思；反复推敲◆I was beating my brains out all weekend trying to write the script.整个周末我都在绞尽脑汁写脚本。●blow your/sb’s ˈbrains out (informal) kill yourself/sb by shooting in the head枪击头部自杀；把某人的脑袋打开花◆He was so depressed about his debts that he wanted to blow his brains out.他为债务烦恼不已，恨不得一枪把自己结果了。●pick sb’s ˈbrains (informal) ask sb who knows a lot about a particular subject for information or ideas（向内行人）讨教，请教◆I need some help with this project. Can I pick your brains?我需要有人帮我做这个课题，能请教你吗？●rack your ˈbrains ( wrack your ˈbrainsless frequent) (informal) try very hard to think of sth or remember sth绞尽脑汁；冥思苦想◆I’ve been racking my brains all day trying to remember his name.我一整天都绞尽脑汁，想要回忆起他的名字。