grey matter

英 [ˈɡreɪ mætə(r)]

美 [ˈɡreɪ mætər]

n.  (人的)头脑，脑子

牛津词典

noun

• （人的）头脑，脑子
  a person's intelligence

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 gray matter


• N-UNCOUNT 头脑；智力
  You can refer to your intelligence or your brains asgrey matter.
  1. ...an unsolved mathematical equation which has caused his grey matter to work overtime.
     他长时间思考的一道悬而未决的数学方程式

英英释义

noun

• greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers
  Synonym:gray mattergrey substancegray substancesubstantia grisea

双语例句

• We have enough grey matter to discern when the rules are helpful and when they are not.
  我们的脑子足可以分辨规则何时有用，何时不行。
• It is the building block of human brain tissue and is particularly abundant in the grey matter of the brain and retina.
  它是构建人的脑组织的重要原料，大量存在于大脑灰质和视网膜中。
• The scans revealed that people who most value the company of others have, on average, more dense grey matter in two areas of the brain known as the orbitofrontal cortex and the ventral striatum.
  扫描显示，喜欢和他人相处的人平均来说，在大脑的两个区域，即眼窝前额皮质区（orbitofrontalcortex）和腹侧纹状体区（ventralstriatum），其灰色质密度相对较大。
• In brain scans, increases in verbal IQ were accompanied by an increase in grey matter in the part of the brain which is activated when you articulate speech, called the left motor cortex.
  通过脑部扫描图可以看出，言语智商的增加伴随着大脑左半球运动皮层灰质的增多，这一区域在人们发声讲话时就会活跃起来。
• A study from Yale University in the US found that a woman's grey matter grows in the weeks and months after she gives birth.
  美国耶鲁大学研究发现，女人在生产后几周或几个月里，大脑灰质增多了。
• Encourage the older patients to play card games or do simple jigsaw puzzles-anything that keeps the grey matter in use.
  鼓励老年病人打牌或做拼板游戏等事情，只要让他们动脑子就行。
• On the basis of grey matter elements theory, this paper assesses indoor air quality.
  应用灰色物元分析的基本理论对室内空气品质进行综合评价。
• The trial will study the safety of Neuralstem's cells and the surgical procedures and devices required for multiple injections of the drug directly into the grey matter of the spinal cord.
  该临床试验I期主要针对Neuralstem公司的干细胞、手术过程以及直接将药物多点注射入脊髓灰质要求的设备进行安全性评估。
• Those who used spatial navigation strategies ( i.e.the non-GPS method) had increased activity and a greater volume of22) grey matter in the hippocampus than those who relied on GPS.
  使用空间导航法（即非GPS法）的人，他们的大脑活动更为活跃，海马体的灰质也比GPS使用者的多。
• Grey matter elements analysis of indoor air quality
  室内空气品质综合评价的灰色物元分析法