brand
noun [ C ] uk/brænd/ us/brænd/
(PRODUCT)
B2 商标，牌子
a type of product made by a particular company
This isn't my usual brand of deodorant. 这不是我通常用的那种牌子的除臭剂。
When I go to a supermarket I usually buy own (US store) brands (= the cheaper products with the shop's own name on them). 我去超市时常常购买超市的自有品牌产品。
brand of something 一种…，一类…；做…的方式
a particular type of something, or way of doing something
a team that plays a distinctive brand of football 打法很独特的足球队
Do you like his brand of humour? 你喜欢他那种幽默吗？
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- Among young people, this brand of designer clothing is the ultimate status symbol.
- Most people associate this brand with good quality.
- Our products compare favourably with all the leading brands.
- I always buy the same brand of toothpaste just out of habit.
- an upmarket brand name
(FLAME)
literary火炬;火把
a piece of burning wood used to give light
(MARK)
烙印
a mark that is burned or frozen into the skin of an animal such as a cow to show who owns it
The brand was still visible on the animal's hide. 兽皮上还可以看见烙印。
brand
verb uk/brænd/ us/brænd/
(JUDGE)
[ T + obj + noun/adj ]加污名于;谴责
to say that you think someone is the sort of person that is stated
Because of one minor offence he was branded (as) a common criminal. 由于一次小过错，他蒙上了罪犯的污名。
The newspapers have branded the rebel MP a fool. 报纸谴责反叛的下院议员背信弃义。
(MARK)
[ T ]打烙印于；以烙铁打（标记）
to mark an animal such as a cow by burning or freezing its skin to show you own it
The cattle were rounded up and branded. 那些牛都被圈了起来打上烙印。