in a brown study 见STUDY. in a brown study absorbed in one's thoughts 沉思。 [ORIGIN: apparently originally from brown in the sense 'gloomy'.] in a brown ˈstudy(old-fashioned) (BrE)thinking deeply so that you do not notice what is happening around you出神；沉思默想（以致没注意到周围情况）in a brown study在沉思冥想之中：When other children are all playing outside，this boy sits in the room in a brown study.当别的孩子们都在外面游戏的时候，这个男孩却坐在屋中沉思冥想。 |