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

• 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。
• 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。
• An optimization model of grey matter element analysis of supporting schemes for deep foundation pit and its application
  深基坑支护方案灰色物元分析优化模型及其应用
• 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。
• Scientists discovered signs of atrophy of grey matter in the brains of heavy internet users that grew worse over time.
  有消息称，青少年过度使用英特网会损害部分大脑功能，科学家发现了滥用网络的青少年的大脑中有萎缩的灰质成分，随着使用网络的时间增长，萎缩的灰质部分有增大的趋势。
• We believe this area of the brain increased in grey matter volume because of the huge amount or data they have to memorize.
  我们相信，由于出租车司机需要记住大量的信息数据，因此这一脑区的脑灰质容积会不断增加。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。