brand

名词 n. 动词 v.
/ˈbɹænd/|[ˈbɹʷænd] ~ [bɹʷand]|/ˈbɹand/|[bɹʷand]    /ˈbɹænd/|/ˈbɹæːnd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A mark or scar made by burning with a hot iron, especially to mark cattle or to classify the contents of a cask.
    — “Well, in the first place, every cattleman has to have a brand to identify his stock. Without it no cattleman, nor half a hundred cowboys, if he had so many, could ever recognize all the cattle in a big herd. […]”
  2. A branding iron.
  3. The symbolic identity, represented by a name and/or a logo, which indicates a certain product or service to the public.
    — The Amtrak brand revitalization approach represents one of the most ambitious, comprehensive, and systematic experiential marketing approaches I have ever seen.
  4. A specific product, service, or provider so distinguished.
    — Some brands of breakfast cereal contain a lot of sugar.
  5. Any specific type or variety of something; a distinct style or manner. broadly
    — I didn’t appreciate his particular brand of flattery.
  6. The public image or reputation and recognized, typical style of an individual or group.
    — The Obama brand had taken a hit two months earlier, when he campaigned for Creigh Deeds in Virginia and Jon Corzine in New Jersey, only to see them both lose.
  7. A mark of infamy; stigma.
  8. Any minute fungus producing a burnt appearance in plants.
  9. A torch used for signaling. Northern-England,Scotland
  10. A flame. obsolete,rare
    — Goe to prepare the maryages what neede the torchis light? be holde the towres of troy do shyne with brandes that blase full bright.
  11. A conflagration. obsolete,rare
  12. A piece of burning wood or peat, or a glowing cinder. archaic,poetic
    — to burn something to brands and ashes
  13. A sword. archaic
    — Paradise, so late their happy seat, / Waved over by that flaming brand.
动词 v.
  1. To burn the flesh with a hot iron, either as a marker (for criminals, slaves etc.) or to cauterise a wound. transitive
    — When they caught him, he was branded and then locked up.
  2. To burn the flesh with a hot iron, either as a marker (for criminals, slaves etc.) or to cauterise a wound.; To mark (especially cattle) with a brand as proof of ownership. transitive
    — The ranch hands had to brand every new calf by lunchtime.
  3. To make an indelible impression on the memory or senses. transitive
    — Her face is branded upon my memory.
  4. To stigmatize, label (someone). transitive
    — He was branded a fool by everyone that heard his story.
  5. To associate a product or service with a trademark or other name and related images. transitive
    — They branded the new detergent "Suds-O", with a nature scene inside a green O on the muted-colored recycled-cardboard box.
  6. To be very hot, to burn. intransitive
    — O, not for thee the glow, the bloom, ⁠Who changest not in any gale, ⁠Nor branding summer suns avail To touch thy thousand years of gloom: […]

词形变化

brands plural brands present,singular,third-person branding participle,present branded participle,past branded past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English brand, from Old English brand (“fire; flame; burning; torch; sword”), from Proto-West Germanic *brand, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“flame; flaming; fire-brand; torch; sword”), derived from Proto-Germanic *brinnaną (“to burn”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to boul; brew”).
Cognate with Scots brand, West Frisian brân (“fire”), Dutch brand, German Brand, Danish brand, Swedish brand (“blaze, fire”), Icelandic brandur, French brand (< Germanic). More distantly cognate with Proto-Slavic *gorěti (“to burn”).
词源 2
From Middle English brand, from Old English brand (“fire; flame; burning; torch; sword”), from Proto-West Germanic *brand, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“flame; flaming; fire-brand; torch; sword”), derived from Proto-Germanic *brinnaną (“to burn”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to boul; brew”).
Cognate with Scots brand, West Frisian brân (“fire”), Dutch brand, German Brand, Danish brand, Swedish brand (“blaze, fire”), Icelandic brandur, French brand (< Germanic). More distantly cognate with Proto-Slavic *gorěti (“to burn”).
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