brand, trademark

名詞 brand:

1. a name given to a product or service
   同義詞：trade name, brand name, marque
2. a recognizable kind
   同義詞：make
3. identification mark on skin, made by burning
4. a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning
   同義詞：firebrand
5. a symbol of disgrace or infamy--Genesis
   同義詞：mark, stigma, stain
6. a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
   同義詞：sword, blade, steel

動(dòng)詞 brand:

1. burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals
2. to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
   同義詞：stigmatize, stigmatise, denounce, mark
3. mark or expose as infamous
   同義詞：post

1. How well do you think this washing powder stacks up against your usual brand?
   這種洗衣粉跟你常用的那種比怎麼樣?
2. She's gone over to a milder brand of cigarettes.
   她已改吸另一牌子味道較淡的香煙。
3. These frightful experiences are branded on his memory.
   這些可怕的經(jīng)歷深深印入他的記憶。
4. He has his own brand of humor.
   他有他獨(dú)特的幽默感。

brand

n.（名詞）

A trademark or distinctive name identifying a product or a manufacturer.
商標(biāo)：標(biāo)志一種產(chǎn)品或制造商的商標(biāo)或特有名稱
A product line so identified:
品牌：如此標(biāo)識(shí)的產(chǎn)品系列：
例句：
a popular brand of soap.
一種大眾喜愛的肥皂品牌

A distinctive category; a particular kind:
類型：特有的類別；特殊類型：
例句：
a brand of comedy that I do not care for.
我不喜歡的一種喜劇類型

A mark indicating identity or ownership, burned on the hide of an animal with a hot iron.
烙?。簶?biāo)明身份或所有權(quán)的烙印，用熱鐵在動(dòng)物皮上燒成
A mark burned into the flesh of criminals.
烙記：烙在罪犯身上的印記
A mark of disgrace or notoriety; a stigma.See Synonyms at stain
恥辱的標(biāo)記：表示恥辱和丑惡聲名的標(biāo)記；恥辱參見 stain
A branding iron.
烙鐵
A piece of burning or charred wood.
燃燒的木頭：正或已燒成炭的木頭
A sword:
劍：
例句：
.So flashed and fell the brand Excalibur.(Tennyson)
.劍光閃閃，想必是伊斯柯利伯名劍.(坦尼森)

v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
brand.ed,brand.ing,brands
To mark with or as if with a hot iron.See Synonyms at mark
打烙?。河没蛩朴米茻岬蔫F打標(biāo)記參見 mark
To mark with disgrace or infamy; stigmatize.
誣蔑：給…打上恥辱或惡名昭彰的烙印；誣蔑
To impress firmly; fix ineradicably:
銘刻，銘記：留下牢固的印象；打上不可磨滅的印記：
例句：
Imagery of the war has branded itself into the national consciousness.
戰(zhàn)爭的印象深深地銘刻在人民的腦海里

來源：
Middle English [torch]
中古英語 [火炬]
from Old English * see g wher-
源自 古英語 *參見 g wher-

【引伸】
brand.er
n.（名詞）