brand
n.(名词)
A trademark or distinctive name identifying a product or a manufacturer.商标:标志一种产品或制造商的商标或特有名称A product line so identified:品牌:如此标识的产品系列:例句:a popular brand of soap.一种大众喜爱的肥皂品牌
A distinctive category; a particular kind:类型:特有的类别;特殊类型:例句:a brand of comedy that I do not care for.我不喜欢的一种喜剧类型
A mark indicating identity or ownership, burned on the hide of an animal with a hot iron.烙印:标明身份或所有权的烙印,用热铁在动物皮上烧成A mark burned into the flesh of criminals.烙记:烙在罪犯身上的印记A mark of disgrace or notoriety; a stigma.See Synonyms at stain 耻辱的标记:表示耻辱和丑恶声名的标记;耻辱参见 stainA branding iron.烙铁A piece of burning or charred wood.燃烧的木头:正或已烧成炭的木头A sword:剑:例句:.So flashed and fell the brand Excalibur.(Tennyson).剑光闪闪,想必是伊斯柯利伯名剑.(坦尼森)
v.tr.(及物动词)brand.ed,brand.ing,brands To mark with or as if with a hot iron.See Synonyms at mark 打烙印:用或似用灼热的铁打标记参见 markTo mark with disgrace or infamy; stigmatize.诬蔑:给…打上耻辱或恶名昭彰的烙印;诬蔑To impress firmly; fix ineradicably:铭刻,铭记:留下牢固的印象;打上不可磨灭的印记:例句:Imagery of the war has branded itself into the national consciousness.战争的印象深深地铭刻在人民的脑海里
来源:Middle English [torch] 中古英语 [火炬] from Old English * see g wher- 源自 古英语 *参见 g wher-
【引伸】
brand.er
n.(名词)