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  • Derivatives : adj  brownish
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

brown [braun]
  1. 1. adjective [+object] (in colour) 褐色的
  2. 2. adjective [+hair, eyes] 棕色
  3. 3. adjective [+skin, person] (tanned) 晒黑的
  4. 4. noun [u] (colour) 褐色
  5. 5. vi. [烹饪] 变成褐色
  6. 6. vt. [烹饪] 烧至金黄

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

brown [braυn] [braun]
  1. 1. adjective 褐色的棕色的,咖啡色的,赭色的
    Wait until the meat turns a dark brown color.
    一直等到变成深褐色
    I'll paint the chair in deep brown color.
    我要把椅子漆成深棕色。
  2. 2. adjective 皮肤黑的
    This Summer I want to turn brown.
    今年夏天我想晒黑
  3. 3. noun 褐色棕色咖啡色赭色
    Brown, for instance, used to be a simple earth color, but now it's perceived as more elegant.
    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。
  4. 4. noun 褐色(或棕色颜料(或染料
  5. 5. vt.,vi. (使)变成褐色(或棕色)(尤指因日晒烘烤

Collins English-English Dictionary

brown [braυn]
  1. 1. n any of various colours, such as those of wood or earth, produced by low intensity light in the wavelength range 620--585 nanometres
  2. 2. n a dye or pigment producing these colours
  3. 3. n brown cloth or clothing
    dressed in brown
  4. 4. n any of numerous mostly reddish-brown butterflies of the genera Maniola, Lasiommata, etc, such as M. jurtina (meadow brown): family Satyridae
  5. 5. adj of the colour brown
  6. 6. adj (of bread) made from a flour that has not been bleached or bolted, such as wheatmeal or wholemeal flour
  7. 7. adj deeply tanned or sunburnt
  8. 8. vb to make (esp food as a result of cooking) brown or (esp of food) to become brown
  9. 9. vb [Etymology] Old English brun; related to Old Norse brunn, Old High German brun, Greek phrunos toad, Sanskrit babhru reddish-brown

Examples

brown eyes
棕色虹膜 eye
my dear Mr.Brown
亲爱的布朗先生 my
the man with brown hair
棕发的人 with
Wait until the meat turns a dark brown color.
一直等到肉变成深褐色。 brown
I think the brown hair would fit you more than this ash blonde.
我觉得褐色头发比浅黄色头发更适合你。 ash
I was camping, suddenly a big brown bear came over my tent…I was petrified.
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。 bear
Colonel Brown will have my full report in the morning.
布朗上校明早将收到我提交的详细报告。 report
Steamed brown rice is very good for health.
糙米饭非常有利于健康。 rice
Do you cook brown rice or white rice?
你习惯煮糙米还是白米? rice
I'll paint the chair in deep brown color.
我要把椅子漆成深棕色。 brown

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