| صيغ مركبة: |
| الإنجليزية | العربية |
baby brain,
also US: mommy brain,
also UK: mummy brain n | humorous, informal (pregnancy or new mother forgetfulness) | كثرة النسيان عند الأمّ |
| brain cell n | (nerve cell in the brain) | خلية دماغية |
| Dopamine is a chemical that stimulates brain cells. |
| brain damage n | (injury to the brain) | إصابة في المخ |
| The driver suffered severe brain damage in the accident. |
| brain damage n | (impaired mental functioning) | ضرر دماغيّ |
| The patient's brain damage prevents control of bodily movements. |
brain dead,
brain-dead adj | (patient: brain no longer functions) | ميت دماغياً |
| ملاحظة: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun |
| She was assessed to be brain dead following the crash. |
| بعد الحادث تم تقييم حالتها بأنها ميتة دماغياً. |
brain dead,
brain-dead adj | figurative, pejorative, slang (person: stupid, unthinking) | غبي |
| Who hasn't heard of Ronald Reagan? Is that girl brain dead? |
| من لم يسمع برونالد ريغن؟ هل هذه الفتاة غبية؟ |
| brain death n | (stopping of brain function) | موت دماغي |
| brain drain n | figurative (mass emigration of skilled people) | هجرة الأدمغة |
| Poland experienced a brain drain when much of its educated population emigrated to the UK. |
| brain fart n | informal (lapse in thought) | غفول |
| شرود الذهن |
| brain fever | (disease) (من الأمراض) | حمّى دماغية |
| brain freeze n | informal (headache caused by ice cream) | صداع تناول المثلجات |
| brain gain | (immigration) (عكس هجرة الأدمغة) | كسب الأدمغة |
brain hemorrhage (US),
brain haemorrhage (UK) n | (stroke, bleeding in the brain) | نزف دماغي، نزيف دماغي |
| brain injury n | (damage to cerebral area) | إصابة في المخ |
| brain power n | (intellectual or mental capacity) | قدرة فكرية |
| Eating fish is supposed to increase one's brain power. |
| brain scan | (medicine) (في الطب) | مسح دماغيّ |
| brain stem n | (base of the brain) | جذع الدماغ |
| The brain stem regulates the central nervous system. |
| brain surgery n | (operation on the brain) | جراحة دماغية |
| Brain surgery usually means drilling through the skull first. |
| brain surgery n | figurative ([sth] difficult, complex) (مجازي) | شيء صعب، شيء معقد، شيء شائك |
| ملاحظة: Usually used with a negative: It's not brain surgery. |
| Come on! It's not like this is brain surgery! Just diagram the sentence. |
| brain trust n | (government advisors) | هيئة خبراء |
brain tumor (US),
brain tumour (UK) n | (abnormal growth in the brain) | ورم دماغيّ |
| brain-damaged adj | (affected by a brain injury) | لديه إصابة في المخ |
brainteaser,
brain-teaser n | (puzzle, riddle) | لغز، أحجية |
| (في بعض المناطق) | حزورة |
brainwave,
brain wave n | usually plural (electrical impulse in the brain) | موجة دماغية |
| Brainwaves carry messages throughout our bodies. |
brainwave,
brain wave n | figurative, informal (good idea) | فكرة جيدة |
| ملاحظة: Usually singular for this meaning. |
| I had the brainwave of using apricots instead of dates, and the cake was delicious. |
featherbrain,
featherhead (US),
feather-brain (UK) n | informal, figurative, pejorative (foolish person) | خفيف العقل، مغفل |
| have [sth/sb] on the brain v expr | informal (think obsessively about) | لا يفارق تفكيره |
| left brain | (anatomy) (في علم التشريح) | الدماغ الأيسر |
pick [sb]'s brain,
pick [sb]'s brains v expr | figurative (ask [sb] a question) | يطرح أسئلة على شخص |
| Can I pick your brain for a minute? |
rack your brains,
rack your brain,
wrack your brains,
wrack your brain v expr | (try to remember) | يقلّب ذهنه ليتذكر |
| right brain | (anatomy) | الدماغ الأيمن |
