grey matter

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈɡreɪ ˌmæt.ər]
• 美式音标 [ˈɡreɪ ˌmæt̬.ɚ]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• 头脑；智力；脑部和脊椎的灰色神经组织

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• Grey matter consists of nerve cell bodies.
  灰质是由神经细胞体构成。
• This sort of global contest for grey matter certainly makes for a bracing environment.
  这种对智力人才的全球性竞争当然会产生一个令人振奋的环境。
• A rise in non-verbal IQ saw more grey matter develop in the anterior cerebellum –associated with hand movements.
  非言语智力提升时，我们则可以清楚地看到在小脑前部产生了更多的灰质——这一部位与手部运动相关。

权威例句

• When Breaking Bad begins, Walt is bitter over his loss of wealth in Grey Matter.
  FORBES: Masculinity for the Modern Male
• This sort of global contest for grey matter certainly makes for a bracing environment.
  ECONOMIST: Higher education
• The average Dutchman reckons his Belgian neighbour is a merry chap but a bit short on grey matter.
  ECONOMIST: Could Flanders be reinvented?

词组短语

短语

• no grey matter 没有脑筋
• central grey matter 中央灰质
• Grey Matter UK 出版者
• Volcano grey matter cement 经营范围
• grey matter heterotopia 灰质异位症

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• the darker tissue containing nerve fibres (= structures like threads) found in the brain and spinal cord

柯林斯英英字典

• AM grey matter

专业释义

医药科学

• 灰质
• 灰白质

天文学

• 灰色物质

生物学

• 灰质