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brown
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Derivatives :
adj
brownish
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- brown
[braun]
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1.
adjective
[+object]
(in colour) 褐色的
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2.
adjective
[+hair, eyes]
棕色的
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3.
adjective
[+skin, person]
(tanned) 晒黑的
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4.
noun
[u]
(colour) 褐色
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vi.
[烹饪]
变成褐色
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vt.
[烹饪]
烧至金黄
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- brown
[braυn]
[braun]
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adjective
褐色的,棕色的,咖啡色的,赭色的
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Wait until the meat turns a dark brown color.
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一直等到肉变成深褐色。
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I'll paint the chair in deep brown color.
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我要把椅子漆成深棕色。
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2.
adjective
皮肤黑的
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This Summer I want to turn brown.
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今年夏天我想晒黑。
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3.
noun
褐色,棕色,咖啡色,赭色
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Brown, for instance, used to be a simple earth color, but now it's perceived as more elegant.
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比如说棕色,过去被看作是土地的颜色,现在表示的却是高贵。
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4.
noun
褐色(或棕色)颜料(或染料)
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5.
vt.,vi.
(使)变成褐色(或棕色)(尤指因日晒或烘烤)
Collins English-English Dictionary
- brown
[braυn]
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n
any of various colours, such as those of wood or earth, produced by low intensity light in the wavelength range 620--585 nanometres
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n
a dye or pigment producing these colours
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n
brown cloth or clothing
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dressed in brown
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n
any of numerous mostly reddish-brown butterflies of the genera Maniola, Lasiommata, etc, such as M. jurtina (meadow brown): family Satyridae
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5.
adj
of the colour brown
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6.
adj
(of bread) made from a flour that has not been bleached or bolted, such as wheatmeal or wholemeal flour
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7.
adj
deeply tanned or sunburnt
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8.
vb
to make (esp food as a result of cooking) brown or (esp of food) to become brown
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vb
[Etymology]
Old English brun; related to Old Norse brunn, Old High German brun, Greek phrunos toad, Sanskrit babhru reddish-brown
Examples
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brown eyes
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棕色虹膜
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my dear Mr.Brown
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亲爱的布朗先生
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the man with brown hair
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棕发的人
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Wait until the meat turns a dark brown color.
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一直等到肉变成深褐色。
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I think the brown hair would fit you more than this ash blonde.
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我觉得褐色头发比浅黄色头发更适合你。
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I was camping, suddenly a big brown bear came over my tent…I was petrified.
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我正在露营,突然一只大灰熊走到了我的帐篷前……吓得我魂不附体。
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Colonel Brown will have my full report in the morning.
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布朗上校明早将收到我提交的详细报告。
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Steamed brown rice is very good for health.
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糙米饭非常有利于健康。
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Do you cook brown rice or white rice?
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你习惯煮糙米还是白米?
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I'll paint the chair in deep brown color.
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我要把椅子漆成深棕色。
→ brown
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