brown
n. 褐色 a. 褐色的 v. (使)变褐色
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词形变化
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教材释义与例句
褐色，棕色
the colour of earth, wood, or coffee
变成褐色
to heat food so that it turns brown, or to become brown by being heated
使变成褐色
棕色的，褐色的；太阳晒黑的
having the colour of earth, wood, or coffee
释义与例句
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A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.
可数 不可数The browns and greens in this painting give it a nice woodsy feel.
He wore brown jeans for his birthday.
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One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 4 points.
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Black tar heroin.
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A copper coin.
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Any of various nymphalid butterflies of subfamily Satyrinae (formerly the family Satyridae), such as those of the genera Heteronympha and Melanitis.
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A brown horse or other animal.
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A person of mostly Latin American (or Latino), Middle Eastern/North African, South Asian, and sometimes Southeast Asian, Pacific Islander, or rarely Native American descent; a brown-skinned person; someone of mulatto, or biracial appearance.
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A mass of birds or animals that may be indiscriminately fired at.
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A brown trout (Salmo trutta).
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To become brown.
不及物Fry the onions until they brown.
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2006, Michael Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma, The Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 269
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2006, Michael Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma, The Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 269: The chicken was browning nicely, the skin beginning to crisp and take on the toasty tones of oiled wood.
The chicken was browning nicely, the skin beginning to crisp and take on the toasty tones of oiled wood.
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2019, Patricia Taxxon, “Cold Water”, in Doraemon
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To cook something until it becomes brown.
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To tan.
不及物 及物Light-skinned people tend to brown when exposed to the sun.
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To make brown or dusky.
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To give a bright brown colour to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coating of oxide on their surface.
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2019, Patricia Taxxon, “Cold Water”, in Doraemon: Don't microwave your milk too long It browns and bubbles over
Don't microwave your milk too long
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2019, Patricia Taxxon, “Cold Water”, in Doraemon: Don't microwave your milk too long It browns and bubbles over
It browns and bubbles over
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poop.
i've just browned myself.
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To turn progressively more Hispanic or Latino, in the context of the population of a geographic region.
贬义 不及物 冒犯 俚语 及物the browning of America
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Having a brown colour.
褐色
棕色
咖啡色
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Of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin.
Latino/Latin American
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Of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin.
of color.
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Of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin.
South Asian or sometimes Middle Eastern or North African
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Of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin.
Southeast Asian, Pacific Islander, or sometimes Native American
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Not green (environmentally irresponsible); anti-green (against environmental protection).
Near-synonyms: nongreen, antigreen
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Gloomy.
废旧
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词源
From Middle English broun, from Old English brūn (“brown; dark; dusky”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūn, from Proto-Germanic *brūnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-. Doublet of bruin. Cognates * Dutch bruin * German braun * Ancient Greek φρύνη (phrúnē), φρῦνος (phrûnos, “toad”) * Latin brunneus (“brown”) * Lithuanian bė́ras (“brown”) * Sanskrit बभ्रु (babhrú, “reddish-brown”) * West Frisian brún
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