brain
要点脳、頭脳、知力
意味
- 脳,脳髄
- 《しばしば複数形で》頭脳,知力
- 《話》秀才,知的指導者
- …の頭を打ち砕く
例文
In humans, the eyes act together with the brain.
人間の目は脳と共に働く。
In addition to good health, he has a good brain.
彼は健康に加えて頭が良い。
He racked his brains, trying to find a solution.
彼は解決策を見つけようと頭を悩ました。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
Inherited from Middle English brayn, from Old English bræġn, from Proto-West Germanic *bragn, from Proto-Germanic *bragną, from Proto-Indo-European *mrógʰ-n̥ ~ *mrégʰ-n̥-s, from *mregʰ- + *-n̥. Cognate with Scots braine, brane (“brain”), North Frisian brayen, brein, Brain (“brain”), Saterland Frisian Brainge, Bräienge (“brain”), West Frisian brein (“brain”), Dutch brein (“brain”), Low German Brägen, Bregen (“brain”) (whence German Bregen (“animal brain”)), Ancient Greek βρεχμός (brekhmós, “front part of the skull, top of the head”).