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

• If you use your grey matter, you can solve this math problem.
  假如你用你的头脑，你就能解决这个数学题目。
• Researchers then performed MRI scans on the adults and it was revealed that new grey matter had formed in the left hemisphere of their brains.
  研究人员又对成人进行核磁共振扫描，表明新的灰质在他们左半脑形成。
• 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。
• It's not clear whether using social networks boosts grey matter or if those with certain brain structures are good at making friends, say researchers.
  研究人员称，目前尚不清楚是社交网站促进了脑部物质的生长，还是脑部结构决定了他们是否擅长社交。
• 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。
• They found that the PD patients with mild cognitive impairment showed a trend toward reduced grey matter in the cingulate area, a brain region associated with cognitive performance.
  他们发现伴有轻微认知障碍PD患者的扣带回灰质有减少的趋势，这一区域与人的认知功能有关。
• Cerebellar white matter was severely involved, but the grey matter nucleus were not involved.
  以小脑半球白质受累最为严重，但其灰质核团未见受累。
• 3D-DOCTOR software was used to make threshold segmentation and to reconstruct spinal cord, grey matter and bilateral corticospinal tracts ( CSTs) of rat.
  利用3D-DOCTOR软件进行阈值分割并对大鼠脊髓、脊髓灰质、双侧皮质脊髓束结构进行三维重建，在PC机上对重建结构进行任意角度的观察，切割和测量。
• Even though Mr. B possesses unique grey matter, he does not flaunt himself.
  即使B先生才智不凡，他也不夸耀自己。
• 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。