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

• 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。
• Not only was there a significant change in written tests but brain scans confirmed those who had improved their score had more grey matter.
  不仅仅是笔试成绩有明显的变化，脑部扫描也显示，那些得分提高了的学生脑部出现了更多的灰质（灰质是一种神经组织，是中枢神经系统的重要组成部分）。
• 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。
• Traumatic brain injury and grey matter concentration: A preliminary voxel based morphometry study
  脑外伤和灰质密度：一项基于像素的形态学分析法的初步研究
• 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。
• Low density of grey matter of temproral lobe, sulci narrowing or disappearance and unclear grey matter margin.
  颞叶灰质密度减低，脑沟变窄或消失，灰白质界限不清。
• 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 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'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。
• 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；