English Dictionary

brainstorm

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈbɹeɪnstɔː(ɹ)m/

名詞

アメリカ英語 イギリス英語 別表記 異形

(US) A sudden thought, particularly one that solves a long-standing problem. / A session of brainstorming, investigating a problem to try to find solutions. / (Britain) An unexpected mental error.

日本語の意味

（1）突然ひらめく、長らく解決されなかった問題に突破口をもたらす発想や思考の閃き / （2）意見を出し合い、問題の解決策を探るためのブレインストーミングのセッション、会議 / （3）（英国での用法）予期せぬ思考エラー、誤ったまたは間違った認識

After weeks of failed prototypes, she finally had a brainstorm that fixed the software's stubborn bug.

数週間にわたる試作の失敗の末、彼女はついにソフトウェアの厄介なバグを修正するひらめきを得た。

意味（1）

(US) A sudden thought, particularly one that solves a long-standing problem.

I had been working on the problem for weeks, and then I had a brainstorm and saw that the solution was easy.

意味（2）

A session of brainstorming, investigating a problem to try to find solutions.

意味（3）

(Britain) An unexpected mental error.

A terrible fielding error from Tony Graffanino proved costly. … Aaron Rowand collected an RBI double to get them off the mark before Graffanino's brainstorm. Juan Uribe hit a roller to the second baseman, who let the potential inning-ending double-play ball roll under his glove, leaving runners at first and third bases.

意味（4）

Alternative form of brain storm (“activity in the brain, such as a seizure or convulsion”)

electrical brainstorm

brainstorms （ plural ）