Brand

(noun.) a recognizable kind; 'there's a new brand of hero in the movies now'; 'what make of car is that?'.

(noun.) identification mark on skin, made by burning.

(noun.) a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning.

(verb.) mark with a brand or trademark; 'when this product is not branded it sells for a lower price'.

(verb.) burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals.

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• The sun had now got far to the west of south and stood directly in her face, like some merciless incendiary, brand in hand, waiting to consume her. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Obligation may be stretched till it is no better than a brand of slavery stamped on us when we were too young to know its meaning. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The large brand made it possible for cowboys on horseback to separate the cattle of different owners, as the brand could be seen at some distance. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Lawrence Grills, exhorting that gentleman to save the brand who honoured the letter from the burning. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• I abstain from describing the device which the brand represented. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Religion--especially of the later Roman brand--was, in fact, excellent stuff for keeping the common people quiet. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• He asked, he urged, he claimed the boon of a brand snatched from the burning. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Best brands Georgian, none in market; second quality, 1851, L180. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• I'll warrant ye, said the drover, holds it and makes money out of it, and then turns round and brands the boy in his right hand. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Therefore, give your custom to other than Italian brands of the article. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Best brands Circassians, crop of 1850, L200; 1852, L250; 1854, L300. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• No ill-usage so brands its record on my feelings. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• She scattered the half-burnt brands, went indoors immediately, and up to her bedroom without a light. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• One evening, he was sitting, in utter dejection and prostration, by a few decaying brands, where his coarse supper was baking. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• For years his name was branded on every Bell telephone set, and his patents were a mainstay of what has been popularly called the Bell monopoly. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• It was this that brought him before the Inquisition and that branded him as a dangerous heretic, and it was this that placed him in the forefront of the world’s discoverers. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Alas, my character is ruined, and I am a branded speaker of untruths! 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• I would have her branded on the face, dressed in rags, and cast out in the streets to starve. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• And now--and now I am myself a branded thief, without ever having touched the wealth for which I sold my character. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• A man who has this mark, branded in this place, he said, covering his arm again, is a member of the Brotherhood. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Branding in this way was used mostly by cattle raisers when large herds were grazed on the western plains. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• In a few terse phrases he told me his opinion of, and feeling towards, the actress: he judged her as a womannot an artist: it was a branding judgment. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• I saw the death of that one with the rare name in his face as though it were burned there with a branding iron. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.

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