Word · Frequency #1643
brain
重击（某人）头部
to strike someone on the head
指用硬物击打头部，不一定致命
- 1.
To dash out the brains of; to kill by smashing the skull.
击碎头骨；通过砸头杀死
- 2.
To strike (someone) on the head.
打击(某人)的头部
- 3.
To destroy; to put an end to.
摧毁；终结
击碎头骨致死；摧毁；终结；击碎头骨；通过砸头杀死；打击(某人)的头部；打碎脑部
In use
He brained the intruder with a baseball bat.
Don't brain me with that heavy book!
She was braining the snake with a shovel when we arrived.
Verb forms
base brain · third person brains · -ing braining · past brained · past participle brained
Connections
Collocations
- brain someone
- 猛击某人头部
- She threatened to brain him if he laughed again.她威胁说，如果他再笑，就要猛击他的头。
- brain a fish
- 敲鱼头将鱼杀死
- The fisherman brained the fish with the back of his knife.渔夫用刀背敲击鱼头将鱼杀死。
- brain a chicken
- 敲击鸡头将鸡杀死
- They brained the chicken before plucking its feathers.他们先敲击鸡头将鸡杀死，然后拔毛。
Idioms & figurative uses
- rack one's brain
- 绞尽脑汁I've been racking my brain all morning, but I can't remember where I put the keys.我一早上都在绞尽脑汁，就是想不起来钥匙放在哪里了。
- pick someone's brain
- 向某人请教Could I pick your brain about this problem?我能就这个问题请教你一下吗？
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记住动词brain是'砸脑袋'：抡起棒子狠狠击中对方头部，脑浆(brain)都快迸出来。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：日常口语、影视/小说中的暴力或幽默场景 动词 brain 通常用于非正式场合，多指用硬物重击某人头部（尤指致死），也可夸张地说‘彻底打败或毁掉’。日常口语、影视或小说中出现较多，正式书面语中较少使用。
Grammar Note
及物动词，接名词或代词，表示用重物击打头部致死。
Pronunciation & Spelling
以上六个词都与 brain 押韵，都包含 /eɪn/ 音。注意：brine /braɪn/ 拼写很像 brain，但元音不同，不押韵。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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