The flashcard defines "brown" as a color, like earth or wood, and also describes it as a skin tone that can be achieved by sun exposure. It can also be used as a verb meaning to turn brown or to cook food until it becomes brown. Additionally, it refers to people with brown skin and to grains like brown rice which have not had their outer layers removed.
The flashcard defines "brown" as a color, like earth or wood, and also describes it as a skin tone that can be achieved by sun exposure. It can also be used as a verb meaning to turn brown or to cook food until it becomes brown. Additionally, it refers to people with brown skin and to grains like brown rice which have not had their outer layers removed.
[COLOUR 颜色词]褐色；棕色 Something that is brown is the colour of earth or of wood.
...her deep brown eyes...
她深褐色的眼睛
The stairs are decorated in golds and earthy browns.
楼梯油漆成金色和土褐色。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]皮肤晒成棕色的；皮肤晒黑的 You can describe a white-skinned person as brown when they have been sitting in the sun until their skin has become darker than usual.
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I don't want to be really really brown, just have a nice light golden colour.
我不想晒得黝黑，只想晒成一种漂亮的淡金色。
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[VERB 动词]晒黑 If someone browns in the sun they become brown in colour.
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Her skin was of the fortunate kind that could brown in the sun without burning...
她的皮肤属于那种很幸运的类型，在阳光下无需长时间晒着就能变黑。
There were many gorgeous females busy browning themselves.
有许多漂亮的女性忙着晒黑自己。
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[ADJ 形容词]棕种人的；棕色皮肤的 A brown person is someone who belongs to a race of people who have brown-coloured skins.
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...a slim brown man with a speckled turban.
一个戴着花头巾、身材瘦削、棕色皮肤的男子
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[ADJ-UNGRADED 形容词]（谷物）未去壳的，糙的Brown is used to describe grains that have not had their outer layers removed, and foods made from these grains.
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...brown bread.
黑面包
...spicy tomato sauce served over a bed of brown rice.
浇在一层糙米上的辣味番茄酱
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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]（用旺火把)(食物)烤得焦黄；（把…）炸成焦黄色 When food browns or when you brown food, you cook it, usually for a short time on a high flame.
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Cook for ten minutes until the sugar browns...
熬煮10分钟，直到糖变成褐色。
He browned the chicken in a frying pan.
他用煎锅把鸡肉煎成焦黄色。
Oxford
brown★/braʊn; NAmEbraʊn/
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brownbrownsbrownedbrowningbrownerbrownestadjective★(brown·er,brown·est)1★having the colour of earth or coffee 棕色的；褐色的◆brown eyes褐色的眼睛◆brown bread黑面包◆dark brown shoe polish深棕色鞋油◆a package wrapped in brown paper用牛皮纸包扎的包裹2★having skin that is naturally brown or has been made brown by the sun （皮肤）棕色的，被晒黑的◆( BrE) I don't go brown very easily. 我不容易晒黑。◆After the summer in Spain, the children were brown as berries.在西班牙度过了一个夏天之后，孩子们被晒得黝黑。IDIOMin a brown ˈstudy( old-fashioned) ( BrE) thinking deeply so that you do not notice what is happening around you 出神；沉思默想（以致没注意到周围情况）noun★[uncountable , countable ]the colour of earth or coffee 棕色；褐色◆leaves of various shades of brown深浅不一的棕色叶子◆Brown doesn't (= brown clothes do not)suit you. 你不适合穿棕色衣服。verb[intransitive , transitive ]to become brown; to make sth brown （使）变成棕色；成褐色◆Heat the butter until it browns.把黄油加热，使之呈棕色。◆The grass was browning in patches.草地一片片地变成褐色。brownsth ◆Brown the onions before adding the meat.把洋葱炒成褐色，然后放进肉。IDIOMˌbrowned ˈoff (with sb/sth)( BrE) ( informal) bored, unhappy and/or annoyed （对某人）厌倦，不快，烦恼SYN
fed up
◆By now the passengers were getting browned off with the delay.此时乘客们对延误已开始感到不满。brown/braʊn; NAmEbraʊn/
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brown1 adjective
brown2 noun
brown3 verb
brownbrown1 /braʊn/ ●●●S2W2 adjective
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1having the colour of earth, wood, or coffee: dark brown hair2having skin that has been turned brown by the sun: He’d been on vacation and looked very brown. He was as brown as a berry after two weeks in the sun.COLLOCATIONStypes of brownlight/pale brown· a light brown jacketdark/deep brown· dark brown eyeswarm brown· a warm brown shaderich brown· a rich brown colourreddish brown· The earth was reddish brown.golden brown· Cook until the cheese is golden brown.rusty brown (=an orange-brown colour)· It was autumn and the leaves were already rusty brown.muddy brown· the muddy brown water of the riverchestnut brown (=a red-brown colour)· a beautiful chestnut brown horsechocolate brown· He was wearing a chocolate brown pullover.
brown1 adjective
brown2 noun
brown3 verb
brownbrown2 ●●●S2W2 noun [countable, uncountable]
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the colour of earth, wood, or coffee: This particular model is available in brown, white, or grey. the browns and greens of the landscape
brown1 adjective
brown2 noun
brown3 verb
brownbrown3 verb [intransitive, transitive]
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1to heat food so that it turns brown, or to become brown by being heated: First, brown the meat in a pan.2to become brown because of the sun’s heat, or to make something brown in this way: The children’s faces were browned by the sun.3browned off BrE informal annoyed or boredSYN fed up: They are getting browned off by the situation.