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单词 brown
释义
brown
noun[CorU]
uk
/braʊn/us
/braʊn/
A1
thecolourofchocolateorsoil:
棕色（的），褐色（的）
dark/lightbrown深褐色／浅褐色
picture of brown
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More examples
  • Shestrippedthefloorboardsin thelivingroomandstainedthemdarkbrown.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Common colours
  • blue
  • blueness
  • bluish
  • brownish
  • green
  • greenish
  • orange
  • orangeness
  • pink
  • pinkish
  • pinkness
  • purple
  • purpleness
  • purplish
  • red
  • redden
  • reddish
  • yellow
  • yellowish
  • yellowness
brown
adjective
uk
/braʊn/us
/braʊn/

brownadjective(COLOUR)

A1
having thecolourofchocolateorsoil:
Theparcelwaswrappedinplainbrownpaper.
He's veryhandsome, withregularfeaturesanddeepbrowneyes.
More examples
  • A blackbird'seggisbluewith brownspeckleson it.
  • It was theheightofsummerand thelandwasparchedand brown.
  • Both myparentshavecurlybrownhair.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Common colours
  • blue
  • blueness
  • bluish
  • brownish
  • green
  • greenish
  • orange
  • orangeness
  • pink
  • pinkish
  • pinkness
  • purple
  • purpleness
  • purplish
  • red
  • redden
  • reddish
  • yellow
  • yellowish
  • yellowness

brownadjective(PEOPLE)

(alsoBrown)
belongingorrelatingtogroupsofpeoplewith brownskin,especiallypeoplewho come from or whosefamilyoriginallycame fromSouthAsiaor theMiddleEast, but also used todescribepeoplein theUSAwhosefamiliescome fromLatinAmerica:
ForSouthAsianAmericans, a Brownidentityallowsthem toestablishaseparateracialidentityfor themselvesindependentofWhiteandBlackAmericans.
He isproudtodescribehimself as a brownperson.
More examples
  • As a Brownpersonand Browneducatorin Toronto, I aminterestedinexploringissuesof Browninvisibility.
  • "Only the brownpersonwasaskedfor ID," said Lopez, animmigrationlawyer.
  • Is there aBlackor Brownpersonofmiddleageorolderwho doesn'tfeelangeraboutcolonialism?
  • How could you be brown inAmericaandvotefor him?
  • Themajorthoroughfaredividesthecity, withpoorerand brownerpeople(cholo) to thenorthandwealthierandwhiterpeople(pituco) to thesouth.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
The skin, & skin colour
  • anti-wrinkle
  • ashy
  • beauty spot
  • bloodless
  • blush
  • colouring
  • crevice
  • crimson
  • cutaneous
  • cutis
  • florid
  • flush
  • freckle
  • mole
  • sunbath
  • sunbathing
  • sunburned
  • suntan
  • suntanned
  • tanned
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Idiom

a brown study
brown
verb[IorT]
uk
/braʊn/us
/braʊn/
to makefoodbrown bycookingit:
（把食物）炒成褐色
Lightlybrown theonionbeforeaddingthetomatoes.加西红柿之前先把洋葱炒至略呈褐色。
Allow themeatto brown beforeaddingthevegetables.把肉炒成褐色再加蔬菜。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Preparing food using heat
  • air fryer
  • bain-marie
  • baking
  • baking parchment
  • barbecue
  • blanch
  • boil
  • deep fat fryer
  • deep-fried
  • deep-fry
  • done
  • doneness
  • overcook
  • overdone
  • pan-fry
  • parboil
  • poach
  • sear
  • underdone
  • warm(someone/something)up
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(Definition ofbrownfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
brown
noun[CorU]
uk
/braʊn/us
/braʊn/
A1
thecolourofchocolateorsoil
棕色（的），褐色（的）
dark/lightbrown深褐色／浅褐色
More examples
  • Shestrippedthefloorboardsin thelivingroomandstainedthemdarkbrown.
brown
verb[IorT]
uk
/braʊn/us
/braʊn/
to makefoodbrown bycookingit
（把食物）炒成褐色
Lightlybrown theonionbeforeaddingthetomatoes.加西红柿之前先把洋葱炒至略呈褐色。
Allow themeatto brown beforeaddingthevegetables.把肉炒成褐色再加蔬菜。

brown| American Dictionary

brown
adjective,noun
us
/brɑʊn/

brownadjective,noun(COLOR)

[C/U]
(of) thecolorofchocolateorearth:
a brownsuit

brownadjective,noun(PERSON)

[-er/-est only,C]
(aperson) having brownskin
brown
verb[T]
us/brɑʊn/
to makefoodbrown bycookingit:
First brown themeatand thencookitslowly.
(Definition ofbrownfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbrown

brown
Six of these were landscapes, mainly in greys and browns, with very little green.
From theCambridge English Corpus
I like browns, reds and blues to a certain extent.
From theCambridge English Corpus
A well-known dish comprising onions soaked in vinegar and other seasonings added to chicken broth, the boiled chicken having been removed and browned for serving.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The apples that were immersed in a 3% brine solution for 3 minutes had a low level of browning compared to other samples.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The greys and browns are produced by varying the proportions of silver added to the copper, often with traces of gold and arsenic.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The colours are soft, mainly browns and greens, on a gold and white ground.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Most plants, though, were fully browned or without leaves, making scoring unambiguous and analyses of variance uninformative.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The additive is an antioxidant and so prevents the reaction of polyphenol oxidase with oxygen which in turn causes browning.
From theCambridge English Corpus
From the table above carrots, potatoes and sprouts which were not blanched undergone browning rapidly as compared to others samples which were blanched.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In both all the sensuous elements of the previous years have been banished; colour has been reduced to a severe combination of browns, dull greens and greys.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Damage (browning and defoliation) to a species at a site was considered light if < 33% of the combined leaf area of all trees from a species was damage.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Since the sections were not counterstained with hematoxylin in this set of experiments, epithelial cell cytoplasm appears as lightbrown.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The result is that the lads get frustrated and "browned off" very quickly.
From the
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They were "browned off" and were only there because they had to be.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
All the talk about being "browned off"—that peculiar term—has faded away.
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