n.[C]

1. 品牌；商标；牌子[（+of）]
   This brand of tea is my favorite.

   这种茶我最爱喝。

2. （某人特有的）一种（风格，举止等）[（+of）]
   He has his own brand of humor.

   他有他独特的幽默。

3. （家畜身上标明所属的）烙印；（旧时的）罪犯烙印
4. 耻辱的标记，污名
   The brand of a coward is a liability in a military career.

   懦夫的污名对戎马生涯是不利的。

5. 燃烧（或烧焦）的木头
6. 【书】火炬；剑

vt.

1. 打烙印于；印……商标于
   All cattle on the farm were branded with the letter A.

   这农场所有的牛都烙上“A”的印记。

2. 将……污名加于……[（+as）][O9]
   The press branded him a liar.

   新闻界加给他骗子的丑名。

3. 铭刻于；铭记[（+on）]
   The bitter lesson is branded on his memory.

   那个惨痛的教训深深铭刻在他记忆中。

n.

1. a type of product manufactured by a company under a particular name.
   ▸a brand name.
   ▸a particular type of something:

   the Finnish brand of socialism.
2. an identifying mark burned on livestock with a branding iron.
3. a piece of burning or smouldering wood.
4. literary a sword.

v.

1. mark with a branding iron.
2. mark out as having a particular shameful quality:
   she was branded a liar.
3. [usu. as adj. branded] assign a brand name to.