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[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.
  [usu v-link ADJ]
  • 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.
  [V]
  [V n]
  • 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.
  [usu ADJ n]
  • ...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.
  [usu ADJ n]
  • ...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.
  [V]
  [V n]
  • 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 ; NAmE braʊn /
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brown browns browned browning browner brownest
adjective ( 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。 IDIOM in 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。 IDIOM ˌbrowned 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 ; NAmE braʊn /
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brown1 adjective
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brownbrown1 /braʊn/ ●●● S2 W2 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 ●●● S2 W2 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 bored SYN  fed up:  They are getting browned off by the situation.
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brown

[braʊn]browned, browning, browns级别:browner, brownest

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browning[1349] browns[1023]
棕色(44%),褐色(25%),棕色的(19%),褐色的(12%)
n.褐色,棕色
adj.棕色的,褐色的;太阳晒黑的
vt.使变成褐色
vi.变成褐色
n.(Brown)人名;(英、意、芬、捷、德、法、西、葡)布朗

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