brownie

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈbɹaʊni/    美 /ˈbɹaʊni/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small square piece of rich cake, usually made with chocolate. countable,usually
    — Order for the brownie was placed but it took half an hour to prepare it.
  2. A sweet bread with brown sugar and currants. Australia,New-Zealand,uncountable
    — It was an amusing sight to see the three of us, each with a huge hunch of “browny” (bread sweetened with brown sugar and currants) in one hand, and a lump of ice in the other, for there was no water within reach.
  3. A mythical creature, a helpful elf who would secretly do people's housework for them. countable,uncountable
    — Thus, offer Brownie a piece of bread, a cup of drink, or a new coat and hood, and he flouted at it, and perhaps, in his huff, quitted the place for ever ; but leave a nice bowl of cream, and some fresh honeycomb, in a snug private corner, and they soon disappeared, though Brownie, it was to be supposed, never knew any thing of them.
  4. A copper coin, brown in colour; a penny, halfpenny, or cent. countable,uncountable
    — He rose and jingled in his pockets for change and drew out two brownies. He went and set one on each of Monroe’s eyes[.]
  5. A household spirit or revered ancestor. countable,uncountable
  6. Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the Eurasian genus Miletus. countable,uncountable
  7. A brown trout (Salmo trutta). countable,informal,uncountable
  8. A widow rockfish (Sebastes entomelas), a fish in the family Sebastidae. countable,informal,uncountable
    — Depending upon the species, fishers may harvest along the ocean floor for many rockfish and other groundfish, while hake, pollock, and some rockfish species (i.e. greenies and brownies) are targeted with mid-water trawls.
  9. Alternative letter-case form of Brownie (“a girl in the first level of Girl Guides (US: Girl Scouts)”). alt-of,countable,uncountable
  10. A tall, long-necked beer bottle, made from brown coloured glass. Australia,New-Zealand,colloquial,countable,uncountable
  11. A person with brown skin. countable,ethnic,offensive,slur,uncountable

词形变化

brownies plural

词汇关系

衍生词
Alice B. Toklas brownie brookie brownie point county brownie funny brownie hash brownie pot brownie weed brownie

词源

From brown + -ie (diminutive suffix). In folkloric sense, originally Scots. For sense 7, compare with Dutch kabouter (“a very young female member of the scout movement”) (literally "gnome").
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