1 the name of a product that is made by a particular company 牌子:
a well-known brand of coffee名牌咖啡
2 a particular type of sth (特定)种类:
a strange brand of humour一种奇怪的幽默
brand²
/brænd ||; brænd/verb[T]
1 to mark an animal with a hot iron to show who owns it 给(牲畜)打烙印(标示物主)
2brand sb (as sth) to say that sb has a bad character so that people have a bad opinion of him/her 给人扣帽子;给留下污名:
She was branded as a troublemaker after she complained about her long working hours.自从她埋怨工作时间长,就被说成是滋事分子了。
brand1/brænd; brænd/n [C] 1 a product that a particular company makes 品牌﹐牌子: +of a new brand of soap 一种新品牌的香皂2 a particular quality or way of doing something 特性﹔独特的行为方式: +of Nat's special brand of humour 纳特特殊的幽默感
brand2v [T] 1 to describe someone as a very bad type of person 给…加上污名: brand sb (as) sth Ryan was branded a liar by the media. 莱恩被媒体说成是个骗子。 2 to make or burn a mark on an animal in order to show who it belongs to 给〔牲畜〕打上烙印〔以标明其主人是谁〕