brand

1. N-COUNT A brand of a product is the version of it that is made by one particular manufacturer. 品牌

Winston is a brand of cigarette. 云斯顿是一种香烟品牌。

I bought one of the leading brands. 我买了知名品牌中的一种。

2. N-COUNT A brand of something such as a way of thinking or behaving is a particular kind of it. (思维或行为方式等的) 独特类型

Joel Hatch brings his own unique brand of humour to the role. 乔尔·哈奇把他自己独具一格的幽默带进了这个角色。

3. V-T If someone is branded as something bad, people think they are that thing. 归为 (不好的事物)

I was instantly branded as a rebel. 我立刻被归为造反者。

The company has been branded racist by some of its own staff. 这家公司被它自己的一些职员归为种族主义者。

4. V-T When you brand an animal, you put a permanent mark on its skin in order to show who it belongs to, usually by burning a mark onto its skin. 给…打上烙印

The owner couldn't be bothered to brand the cattle. 主人懒得给这牛打上烙印。

5. N-COUNT Brand is also a noun. 烙印

A brand was a mark of ownership burned into the hide of an animal with a hot iron. 烙印是用烙铁烧在牲畜皮上的所有权标记。