grey matter
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˈgrey ˌmatter British English, gray matter American English noun [uncountable] informalINTELLIGENT your intelligence, or your brain 智力；头脑，脑子
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grey matter• Engineers have a good helping of functional grey matter with which to devise theories.• She wondered if she could think with what was left of her grey matter.• It just requires a little time and activity from the old grey matter.• Some of that climber's grey matter has been revived and placed into a robot-climbing machine.• While away those dark winter evenings and exercise the grey matter at the same time!• Could there be a more splendid way to get the grey matter working?ˈgrey ˌmatter nounChineseSyllable
intelligence, your your Corpus brain or
grey matter
ˈgrey ˌmatter
British English, gray matter American English noun [uncountable]
informal your intelligence, or your brain
ˈgrey ˌmatter
British English, gray matter American English noun [uncountable]informal your intelligence, or your brain