brand

英 [brænd]

美 [brænd]

n.  品牌; 类型; 烙印(尤指农场牲畜身上表示所属的印记)
v.  (尤指不公正地)丑化(某人)，败坏(某人)名声; 给(牲畜)打烙印

复数：brands　过去分词：branded　现在分词：branding　过去式：branded　第三人称单数：brands　

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同义词辨析

trademarkbrand【导航词义：标志，品牌】

牛津词典

noun

• 品牌
  a type of product made by a particular company
  1. Which brand of toothpaste do you use?
     你用什么牌子的牙膏？
  2. You pay less for the supermarket's own brand .
     超市自己品牌的东西要便宜些。
  3. You pay less for the store brand .
     商店品牌的东西要便宜些。
  4. brand loyalty (= the tendency of customers to continue buying the same brand)
     品牌忠诚（顾客购买同一牌子商品的倾向）
  5. Champagne houses owe their success to brand image .
     香槟公司的成功在于他们的品牌形象。
  6. the leading brand of detergent
     一流品牌的洗涤剂
• 类型
  a particular type or kind of sth
  1. an unorthodox brand of humour
     别具一格的幽默
• 烙印（尤指农场牲畜身上表示所属的印记）
  a mark made with a piece of hot metal, especially on farm animals to show who owns them

verb

• （尤指不公正地）丑化（某人），败坏（某人）名声
  to describe sb as being sth bad or unpleasant, especially unfairly
  1. They were branded as liars and cheats.
     他们被说成是说谎者和骗子。
  2. The newspapers branded her a hypocrite.
     报章指她是伪君子。
• 给（牲畜）打烙印
  to mark an animal with a brand n.(3) to show who owns it

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 牌子；品牌
  Abrandof a product is the version of it that is made by one particular manufacturer.
  1. Winston is a brand of cigarette...
     “温斯顿”是一个香烟品牌。
  2. I bought one of the leading brands.
     我买了几个畅销品牌中的一种。
  3. ...a supermarket's own brand.
     一家超级市场的自有品牌
• N-COUNT （思维或行为等的）一种，一类
  Abrand ofsomething such as a way of thinking or behaving is a particular kind of it.
  1. The British brand of socialism was more interested in reform than revolution.
     英国式的社会主义更加注重改革，而不是革命。
• VERB 加污名于；谴责
  If someoneis brandedas something bad, people think they are that thing.
  1. I was instantly branded as a rebel...
     转眼间我被诬蔑为叛徒。
  2. The company has been branded racist by some of its own staff...
     一些内部员工谴责这家公司具有种族主义倾向。
  3. The US administration recently branded him a war criminal.
     美国当局最近认定他为战犯。
• VERB 在（动物）身上打烙印
  When youbrandan 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.
  1. The owner couldn't be bothered to brand the cattle.
     主人懒得给牛打烙印。
  2. Brandis also a noun.
     
  3. A brand was a mark of ownership burned into the hide of an animal with a hot iron.
     烙印是一种用烙铁烫印在牲畜毛皮上以标志其归属的印记。
• （打在动物身上的）烙印
  Abrandis a permanent mark on the skin of an animal, which shows who it belongs to.

Thebrandof a product such as jeans, tea, or soap is its name, which can also be the name of the company that makes or sells it. Themakeof a car or electrical appliance such as a radio or washing machine is the name of the company that produces it. If you talk about whattypeof product or service you want, you are talking about its quality and what features it should have. You can also talk abouttypesof people or of abstract things. ...which type of pram to choose. ...a new type of bank account. ...looking for a certain type of actor. Amodelof car or of some other devices is a name that is given to a particulartype, for example, Ford Escort or Nissan Micra. Note thattypecan also be used informally to mean eithermakeormodel. For example, if someone asks whattypeof car you have got, you could reply 'an estate', 'a Ford', or perhaps 'an Escort'.
brand可以用来表示牛仔裤、茶或肥皂之类产品的品牌，也可以表示制造或销售这些产品的企业的名称。make用来表示生产汽车或收音机、洗衣机之类电器的制造商的名称。type指具有某种质量或特色的某类产品或服务，也可以指不同类型的人或抽象事物：which type of pram to choose（选择哪种型号的婴儿车），a new type of bank account（一种新型银行账户），looking for a certain type of actor（寻找某一类型的演员）。model表示汽车等装置设备的type（特定型号），例如Ford Escort（福特护卫者）或Nissan Micra（尼桑米克拉）。注意，也可用type表示make或model，不过这是非正式的表述方式。例如，某人如果问what type of car you have got（你买的是什么车）, 可以回答an estate（旅行车）, a Ford（福特）或an Escort（护卫者）。

双语例句

• Brand shook his head. He was tired of bandying words with the man
  布兰德摇了摇头。他已经厌烦了和这个男人斗嘴。
• He was forcing the State to enthrone a particular brand of modernism.
  他正迫使政府推崇一种现代主义。
• Brand folded it in his handkerchief and placed it in the inside pocket of his jacket
  布兰德用手绢把它包好，放到自己夹克的内兜里。
• They encourage doctors to prescribe cheaper generic drugs instead of more expensive brand names.
  他们鼓励医生给患者开较便宜的非专利药，而不是价格更高的品牌药。
• For most of us, a brand new designer kitchen is something we can only dream about
  对我们大多数人来说，一间崭新的由著名设计师设计的厨房只能是一种梦想。
• We are all wondering why the government is suddenly okaying a brand new school on the island.
  我们都很疑惑为什么政府突然批准在岛上建一所新学校。
• It would be uneconomical to send a brand new tape
  寄一盘新磁带过去不合算。
• His tough brand of social democracy was largely successful in holding the country together.
  他别具一格的强硬的社会民主主义在很大程度上成功地使该国团结在一起。
• The owner couldn't be bothered to brand the cattle.
  主人懒得给牛打烙印。
• In office supplies, we're the brand leader.
  我们的产品是办公用品的领导品牌。