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'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。
• 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。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• 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。
• The aggregate of cytoplasmic or extranuclear genetic material in an organism. According to the degree of seperation of the telencephalic grey matter and formation of the anterior horns, severity of the malformation can be estimated.
  胞质团有机体中细胞质或核外基因物质的集聚物根据端脑灰质团块分裂和前角形成的程度可判断畸形的严重程度。
• 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）。