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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• As professor Wafaa Bilal's brainchild, the camera can take still pictures at one-minute intervals.
  瓦法阿-比埃尔教授所设想的这个摄像头可以一分钟间隔拍摄静态照。
• Afghanistan's former president Burhanuddin Rabbani on Saturday was elected chairman of a new peace council, a Karzai brainchild set up to broker an end to the war.
  阿富汗的前总统布尔汉努丁·拉巴尼星期六被选为新的和平理事会的主席，该和平理事会是卡尔扎伊的脑力劳动成果，它的建立是为了以中间人等身分结束战争。
• 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 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。
• A lazy person may be so distrustful of his fellow workers that he is having his brainchild stolen.
  懒人不相信自己的同事，害怕自己的想法被别人偷去。
• This new fast food restaurant in Beirut's southern suburbs was the brainchild of co-owner Ali Hammoud.
  这家新开张的快餐店位于贝鲁特南部郊区，这一颇具“爆炸性”的点子是该店合伙人阿里•哈穆德想出来的。
• 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。