brand

brand, trademark

名词 brand:

1. a name given to a product or service
   同义词：trade name, brand name, marque
2. a recognizable kind
   同义词：make
3. identification mark on skin, made by burning
4. a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning
   同义词：firebrand
5. a symbol of disgrace or infamy--Genesis
   同义词：mark, stigma, stain
6. a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
   同义词：sword, blade, steel

动词 brand:

1. burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals
2. to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
   同义词：stigmatize, stigmatise, denounce, mark
3. mark or expose as infamous
   同义词：post

1. How well do you think this washing powder stacks up against your usual brand?
   这种洗衣粉跟你常用的那种比怎麽样?
2. She's gone over to a milder brand of cigarettes.
   她已改吸另一牌子味道较淡的香烟。
3. These frightful experiences are branded on his memory.
   这些可怕的经历深深印入他的记忆。
4. He has his own brand of humor.
   他有他独特的幽默感。

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 stain
A 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 mark
To 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）