brand
n
1
(a) particular make of goods or their trade mark 商品的牌子; 商標(biāo)
Which brand of toothpaste do you prefer? 你愛用什麼牌子的牙膏?
[attrib 作定語]
a `brand name 商標(biāo)名稱
brand loyalty, ie tendency of customers to continue buying the same brand 對某商標(biāo)的信賴(顧客購買同一牌子商品的傾向).
(b) particular type or kind 特殊的種類
a strange brand of humour 一種古怪的幽默.
2 piece of burning wood 燃燒著的木頭.
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)烙鐵. =>illus at iron 見iron之插圖. brand, v
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. 大農(nóng)場里的牛通常打有烙印.
(fig 比喻) The experiences of his unhappy childhood are branded on his memory. 他童年的不幸遭遇銘刻在他的記憶里.
2 [Tn, Cn.n, Cn.n/a]
~ sb (as sth) give a bad name to sb; denounce sb 給某人加上污名; 譴責(zé)某人
The scandal branded him for life. 這件丑事使他終生蒙受恥辱.
He was branded (as) a trouble-maker for taking part in the demonstration. 他因參加了示威游行而被指責(zé)為搗亂分子.