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 speeding outhouse is the brainchild of mad-cap mechanic Paul Stender, 43, who created the toilet with his team at Indy Boys Inc, based in Indianapolis, USA.
  这款便携式厕所是43岁机械师保罗斯滕得的心血，由他和位于美国印第安纳波利斯的印第男孩公司的同事们共同开发制作完成。
• 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 brainchild of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Games, the event was based upon the unlucky officerintroduced into the Stockholm Games of1912.
  实际上，现代五项是由现代奥运会的创始人顾拜旦根据那位历尽磨难的法国军官的传说创立的，并成为1912年斯德哥尔摩奥运会的比赛项目。
• The plan is the brainchild of divisional officer Jim smith.
  这项计划是部门主任吉姆史密斯构想出来的。
• 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 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 oath is the brainchild of a group of Harvard MBA students worried about taking their degrees out into a world that holds much of senior management in contempt.
  誓言是一群哈佛MBA学生的心血结晶。他们担心拿到MBA学位后，进入的却是一个大部分高级管理人员都为人不齿的世界。
• 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。
• In development for a couple of years, the project is the brainchild of Google X, the online search-leader's secret facility that spawned the self-driving car and could one day send elevators into space.
  这款眼镜由网络搜索巨头谷歌公司的秘密机构谷歌X实验室开发数年，该实验室研制出了自动驾驶汽车，还有望研制出太空电梯。