英语词组grey matter是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

Idiom

grey matter

British & Australian, humorous, American, humorous your intelligence.

It's an entertaining film but it doesn't exactly stimulate the old grey matter.

gray matter

Intelligence. In medicine, gray matter is tissue in the brain and spinal cord. Come on in—we could use your gray matter as we try to solve this problem.

gray matter

Fig. intelligence; brains; power of thought. Use your gray matter and think what will happen if the committee resigns. Surely they'll come up with an acceptable solution if they use some gray matter.

gray matter

Brains, intellect, as in If you'd only use your gray matter, you'd see the answer in a minute. This expression refers to actual brain tissue that is gray in color. Agatha Christie's fictional detective, Hercule Poirot, constantly alludes to using the little gray cells for solving a crime. [Late 1800s]

ˈgrey matter

(informal) intelligence or mental powers: Mark hasn’t got much grey matter, but he tries hard.

词组	grey matter
释义	Idiom grey matter British & Australian, humorous, American, humorous your intelligence. It's an entertaining film but it doesn't exactly stimulate the old grey matter. grey matter noun brains, thus intelligence US, 1899 gray matter Intelligence. In medicine, gray matter is tissue in the brain and spinal cord. Come on in—we could use your gray matter as we try to solve this problem. gray matter Fig. intelligence; brains; power of thought. Use your gray matter and think what will happen if the committee resigns. Surely they'll come up with an acceptable solution if they use some gray matter. gray matter Brains, intellect, as in If you'd only use your gray matter, you'd see the answer in a minute. This expression refers to actual brain tissue that is gray in color. Agatha Christie's fictional detective, Hercule Poirot, constantly alludes to using the little gray cells for solving a crime. [Late 1800s] ˈgrey matter (informal) intelligence or mental powers: Mark hasn’t got much grey matter, but he tries hard.
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