| [/brnd; brænd/] n 用法:
1 (a) particular make of goods or their trade mark 商品的牌子; 商标:
Which brand of toothpaste do you prefer? 你爱用什麽牌子的牙膏? *
[attrib 作定语] a `brand name 商标名称 *
brand loyalty, ie tendency of customers to continue buying the same brand 对某商标的信赖（顾客购买同一牌子商品的倾向）.
(b) particular type or kind 特殊的种类:
a strange brand of humour 一种古怪的幽默. 用法:
2 piece of burning wood 燃烧著的木头. 用法:
3 (a) mark of identification (esp on cattle and sheep) made with a hot iron 烙印（尤指打在牛羊身上的）.
(b) (also `branding-iron) iron used for this （作上述用的）烙铁. =>illus at iron 见iron之插图. brand 2
v 用法:
1 [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sth (on sth) mark sth with or as if with a brand(3a) （似）在某事物上打烙印:
On big farms cattle are usually branded. 大农场里的牛通常打有烙印. *
(fig 比喻) The experiences of his unhappy childhood are branded on his memory. 他童年的不幸遭遇铭刻在他的记忆里. 用法:
2 [Tn, Cn.n, Cn.n/a] ~ sb (as sth) give a bad name to sb; denounce sb 给某人加上污名; 谴责某人:
The scandal branded him for life. 这件丑事使他终生蒙受耻辱. *
He was branded (as) a trouble-maker for taking part in the demonstration. 他因参加了示威游行而被指责为捣乱分子. |