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。