brown bag

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A brown paper bag.
  2. A short presentation or seminar on a given subject, especially one given at lunchtime. idiomatic
    — Did you attend the brown bag Tuesday on healthy exercise habits?
动词 v.
  1. To carry one's packed lunch from home, either literally or figuratively in a brown paper bag or a lunchbox, rather than purchase it from a cafeteria or restaurant. ambitransitive,informal
    — I'm brown bagging it again this month because the combination of healthy plus inexpensive is hard to beat otherwise.
  2. To consume alcohol in public from the bottle or can, while it is held concealed inside a brown paper bag, so as to avoid attention e.g. from the police. ambitransitive,informal
    — I'm brown bagging it again today because I haven't managed to kick this habit yet.
  3. To plant seed saved from one's own harvest, as opposed to buying new seed from a seed company. ambitransitive,informal
    — I'm brown bagging it again this year because I don't need to be spending money on expensive hybrids.

词形变化

brown bags plural brown-bag alternative brown bags present,singular,third-person brown bagging participle,present brown bagged participle,past brown bagged past brown-bag alternative

词汇关系

相关词
packaged goods package store

词源

词源 1
(presentation): From the brown paper bag traditionally used to carry one's own packed lunch from home.
词源 2
(presentation): From the brown paper bag traditionally used to carry one's own packed lunch from home.
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