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think tank (n.)
[think tank 词源字典]
also
think-tank
, 1959 as "research institute" (first reference is to Center for Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, Calif.); it had been colloquial for "the brain" since 1905. See
think
+
tank
(n.).
[think tank etymology, think tank origin, 英语词源]