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〕