brand
noun
verb
brænd noun
1 a type of product made by a particular company, that has a particular name or design 品牌,牌子; BrE AmE
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What brand of detergent do you use?
你用什么牌子的洗涤剂?
brand leader/leading brand
products which lack a strong brand image
缺乏鲜明品牌形象的产品
brand loyalty
own brand
2
brand of humour/politics/religion etc
a particular type of humour, religion, politics etc 某种类型的幽默/政治/宗教等
a strange macabre brand of humour
一种怪异而可怕的幽默
3 a mark made or burned on a farm animal’s skin that shows who it belongs to 〔标明牲畜所属的〕烙印
verb
4 to describe someone or something as a very bad type of person or thing, often unfairly 给…加上不公的污名
brand sb (as) sth
You can’t brand all football supporters as hooligans.
你不能给所有的足球迷都加上流氓的恶名。
Stealing that money has branded Jim for life – no-one will trust him again.
吉姆偷了那笔钱之后,终身背上了偷钱的恶名,再也没有人信任他。
5 to burn a mark onto something, especially a farm animal, in order to show who it belongs to 给〔牲畜〕打烙印〔以标明其主人〕
brand sth with sth
Each cow was branded with the ranch’s logo.
每头母牛都烙上了该牧场的标记。
6 to give a name to a product or group of products so that they can be easily recognized by their name or design [术语] 给…设计品牌 technical