brainwave
noun[C]
uk/ˈbreɪn.weɪv/us/ˈbreɪn.weɪv/brainwavenoun[C](IDEA)
UKinformal(USbrainstorm)
asuddencleveridea:
(突发的)奇想;灵感;妙计I couldn'tseehow I could gethomefrom thestation- then Ihad abrainwave.我不知道怎样才能从车站回家——后来我灵机一动,想到了办法。
an idea
- ideaI've got an idea - why don't we ask John for help?
- planThe plan is to hire a car when we get there.
- thoughtHave you had any thoughts on presents for your mother?
- suggestionHave you got any suggestions for improvements?
- brainwaveUKI wasn't sure what to do and then I had brainwave - I could ask Anna for help.
- brainstormUSShe was stuck until she had a brainstorm and the solution came to her.
Ideas, concepts and theories
- abstract
- afterthought
- anthropocentrism
- anti-Darwinian
- anti-Darwinism
- foundation stone
- great minds think alikeidiom
- hunch
- hypothesis
- idea
- ideologue
- non-practical
- nonconceptual
- nostrum
- opinion
- panspermia
- tenet
- theory
- thinking
- trope
brainwavenoun[C](PATTERN)
any of severalpatternsofelectricalactivityin thebrain
脑电波The brain & nervous system
- allism
- allistic
- amygdala
- anterograde
- arachnoid
- cerebellum
- cerebral hemisphere
- cerebrum
- hemispherical
- hippocampus
- hypothalamus
- innervate
- innervation
- interhemispheric
- medulla oblongata
- neurovascular
- non-neural
- on the spectrumidiom
- parasympathetic
- peripheral nervous system