rack your brains

Related to word: rack

Idiom

Definition

  1. to make a great effort to think of or remember something.

    費盡心思

    • I've been racking my brains trying to figure out how to solve this problem.

      我一直在絞盡腦汁試圖找出解決這個問題的方法。

    • She racked her brain, but still couldn't remember where she put the keys.

      她絞盡腦汁,但仍然想不起來她把鑰匙放在哪裡。

    • The students racked their brains trying to answer the difficult questions the teacher posed.

      學生們絞盡腦汁試圖回答老師提出的難題。