| 单词 | brand |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [brænd] |
| 解释 | n.商标；烙印；v.在某事物上打烙印 |
| 红宝书 | 【例】 On big farms cattle are usually branded. (在大农场里牛都被打 上烙印) |
| 字源 | brand (n.) Old English brand, brond "fire, flame; firebrand, piece of burning wood, torch," and (poetic) "sword," from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (cognates: Old Norse brandr, Old High German brant, Old Frisian brond "firebrand, blade of a sword," German brand "fire"), from root *bran-/*bren- (see burn (v.)). Meaning "identifying mark made by a hot iron" (1550s) broadened by 1827 to "a particular make of goods." Brand name is from 1922. brand (v.) c.1400, "to brand, cauterize; stigmatize," originally of criminal marks or cauterized wounds, from brand (n.). As a means of marking property, 1580s; figuratively from c.1600, often in a bad sense, with the criminal marking in mind. Related: Branded; branding. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 商标; 烙印(标明身份或所有权的一种标记, 用热铁在动物皮上烧成); v 在某事物或动物上打烙印 【例】We'apos;ve branded our cattle 我们已经给牛打上了标记了. What brand of computer do you like? 你喜欢什么牌子的计算机? 【类】underscore: emphasis = brand: ownership下划线表明强调 = 商标表明所有权 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】音：白兰地，是商品的牌子，以前商标是用烙铁烙在木头上的，木箱或木桶上的 |
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