| 釋義 |
搜索枯腸搜索枯腹sōu suǒ kū chángcudgel(/beat/drag/puzzle) one’s brains; grind out;rack one’s brains (/wits) (for fresh ideas or apt expressions); scratch through one’s mind for sth;screw oneself up; think hard
? 寶玉只得答應(yīng)著，低頭～。賈政背著手，也在門口站著作想。(《紅樓夢》1102)Baoyu,forced to accept this assignment,lowered his head and cudgelled his brains while his father,his hands clasped behind his back,also stood by the door thinking.
? 這“別人出力我高興”的報應(yīng)之一，是搜索枯腹，硬做文章的苦差使。(《魯迅《慶祝滬寧克復(fù)的那一邊》)One of the penalties for“rejoicing while others exert themselves”is this difficult task of having to rack my brains to write something to order.
? 看見這位 “大日本皇軍”將官居然如此評論 “小小的”敵人，我惶惑得不知說什么才合適，拚命地～，想起了這么兩句： …… (愛新覺羅·溥儀《我的前半生》381) The sight of an officer of the “Imperial Japanese Army” rating the “tiny”enemy in these terms made me so uneasy that I did not know what to say. I screwed myself up to remark，… 搜索枯腸sōu suō kū chánɡ在枯竭的思路中反復(fù)思考。比喻拼命冥思苦想。rack one’s brains, think hard, beat one’s brains |