گزارش خطا در معنی کلمه 'gray matter'

1 عمومی:: ماده‌ی خاکستری

2 عمومی:: مغز

3 عمومی:: ماده‌خاكستری‌ بافت‌ عصبی‌

1 general:: Phrase(s): gray matter Fig. intelligence; brains; power of thought. • Use your gray matter and think what will happen if the committee resigns. • Surely they’ll come up with an acceptable solution if they use some gray matter.

2 general:: Brains, intellect, as in If you'd only use your gray matter, you'd see the answer in a minute. This expression refers to actual brain tissue that is gray in color. Agatha Christie's fictional detective, Hercule Poirot, constantly alludes to using the little gray cells for solving a crime. [Late 1800s]