brainchild

英 [ˈbreɪntʃaɪld]

美 [ˈbreɪntʃaɪld]

n.  (个人或小群体的)主意，发明

复数：brainchilds　

Collins.1 / BNC.19694 / COCA.18305

牛津词典

noun

• （个人或小群体的）主意，发明
  an idea or invention of one person or a small group of people

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 思想结晶；创作成果
  Someone'sbrainchildis an idea or invention that they have thought up or created.
  1. The record was the brainchild of rock star Bob Geldof.
     这张唱片是摇滚歌星鲍勃·格尔多夫的心血之作。

英英释义

noun

• a product of your creative thinking and work
  1. he had little respect for the inspirations of other artists
  2. after years of work his brainchild was a tangible reality
  Synonym:inspiration

双语例句

• The electric light bulb is the brainchild of Thomas Edison, the telephone is the brainchild of Alexander Graham Bell, two19th-century American inventors.
  爱迪生发明了电灯泡，贝尔发明了电话，这两人同为19世纪的美国发明家。
• The scheme is the brainchild of Arts& Business, which helps businesses sponsor the arts and is turning its attention to individual donors rather than corporate interests.
  这个计划是Arts&Business的创意。该机构帮助企业提供艺术品赞助，目前它正将注意力转向个人捐赠者，而非企业的兴趣。
• The disused bunker was reopened in2008 with its futuristic design the brainchild of Swedish architects Albert France-Lanord, who were inspired by Bond sets created by Sir Kenneth Adams.
  这座掩体于2008年重新对外开放，其未来派风格的设计出自瑞典建筑师阿尔伯特·弗朗斯-拉诺德之手。他的设计灵感来自于肯尼斯·亚当斯爵士打造的邦德影片场景。
• The brainchild of the engineer will save us a lot of time and energy.
  这位工程师的设想将使我们节省许多时间和精力。
• It was my brainchild and I'd like to see the job through to the end.
  这是我的设想，因而我想看到任务完成。
• Leith, who hopes her brainchild will be taken in the light-hearted manner she intended, had the idea of producing a Valentine's Day sick bag but then turned her attention to the wedding.
  利思希望她的创意成果能如她所愿，让民众以轻松态度接纳它。她原先是想设计一款情人节呕吐袋，但后来把注意力转向这场婚礼。
• The private campaign was the brainchild of Swiss filmmaker and museum curator Bernard Weber, who said his initiative seeks to recreate the popularity of the Seven Wonders of the World.
  这一民间评选活动的想法是瑞士电影制作人、博物馆馆长伯纳德•韦伯提出的，他说他的初衷是想重振世界七大奇迹的人气。
• It's the brainchild of Tim Maltin, a historian who has written three books about Titanic.
  这一理论出自历史学家蒂姆-马丁，他已经写了三本有关泰坦尼克号的著作。
• The R-core transformers are ideal transformers making the most of R-core, the brainchild of Kitamura Kiden, which is a non-cut Core with a round section.
  型铁心变压器为使用了北村机电发明的圆形无断面切割R型铁心的变压器。
• The project is the brainchild of BIDCO Refineries Ltd, which operates a vegetable oil plant in Jinja.
  这个项目是由BIDCORefineriesLtd公司提出的，它在Jinja运营着一个植物油工厂。