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

• 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。
• When the scientists compared the brains of taxi drivers with those of other drivers, they found the taxi drivers had more grey matter in the area of the brain associated with memory.
  科学家将出租车司机的大脑与其他司机进行比对，发现出租车司机的大脑记忆层有更多的灰色神经组织。
• The brain, the grey-colored mass of folds and grooves that covers the top of my anatomic hemispheres, the region where the main stems of my cells are found, is called the cortex or grey matter;
  大脑，是遍布在我的脑半球上的许多灰色的褶皱和沟壑，在这个区域可以找到我的主干细胞，这里叫做皮质或灰质；
• 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。
• 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。
• Those who used spatial navigation strategies ( i.e.the non-GPS method) had increased activity and a greater volume of22) grey matter in the hippocampus than those who relied on GPS.
  使用空间导航法（即非GPS法）的人，他们的大脑活动更为活跃，海马体的灰质也比GPS使用者的多。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。