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展了保险销售业务。◊ / decided to branch out cm my own.我决定自己开业。 brand tHw /braend/ noun, verb noun 1 a type of product made by a particular company 品牌：Which brand of toothpaste do you use? 你用什么瀹子的牙裔？ ◊ (8r£) Ybu pay Zess /or the super- marfcefs own brand.超市自己品_的东西要便宜些。◊ (AMmf) you pay Zess /or the store brand•商店品牌的 东西凌便宜些。◊ (= the tendency of

customers to continue buying the same brand)品無忠 诚（顾客购买同一牌子商品的倾向）◊ Champagne houses owe their success to brand image.香模公_的成功在于 他们的品牌形象。◊ the leading brand 〇/ detergent —彘 品牌的洗漆剂一see also own-brand 2 a particular type or kind of sth 类型：an unorthodox brand 〇/ humour 别具一格的幽默 3 a mark made with a piece of hot metal, especially on farm animals to show who owns them烙印（尤指农场牲畜身上表示所属的印记）

■ ve/i? [often passive] 1 ~ sb (as) sth to describe sb as being sth bad or unpleasant, especially unfairly (尤指不公正 地）丑化（某人 >，败坏（某人 > 名声：[VN] They were branded os Ziars and cheats•他们被说成是说谎者和骗 子。◊ [VN-N] 77ie newspapers branded her a hypocrite. 报章指她是伪君子。[also VN-ADj] 2 [VN]〜sth (with sth) to mark an animal with a brand n.(3) to show who owns it给（牲畜）打烙印

brand-ed /'braendid/ adj. [only before noun] (of a product 产品）made by a well-known company and having that company*s name on it 名牌的：branded drugs/goods/ products名牌药/商品/产品

branding /'braendir)/ noun [U] the activity of giving a particular name and image to goods and services so that people will be attracted to them and want to buy them品牌创建

'branding iron noun a metal tool that is heated and used to brand farm animals (给农场牲畜打恪印的.） 烙铁

bran-dish /'braendij/ verb [VN] to hold or wave sth, especially a weapon, in an aggressive or excited way 挑衅地挥舞，激动地挥舞（尤指武器）

'brand name (also 'trade name) noun the name given to a product by the company that produces it 品牌名称 .brand 'new completely new 全新的；親新的：a brand new computer 全新的计算机◊ She bought her car brand new.她买的汽车ji全新的。 brandy /'braendi/ noun {pi. -ies) 1 [U, C] a strong alco- holic drink made from wine 白兰地（酒）2 [C] a glass of brandy —杯白兰地

.brandy 'butter noun [U] a very thick sweet sauce made with butter, sugar and brandy, often eaten with Christmas pudding白兰地黄油（甫黄油、糖和白兰地 酒调制而成，常配圣诞布丁食用>

'brandy snap noun {especially 6r£) a thin crisp biscuit/cookie in the shape of a tube, flavoured with ginger and often filled with cream 姜味薄脆卷心饼， 白兰地小脆饼（常带奶油夹心r 'bran tub noun (8r£) a container that holds prizes hidden in bran, paper, etc., which children have to find as a game摸彩桶（内有藏在麸皮、纸等中的奖品， 供儿童游戏用）

brash /braeX/ adj. {disapproving) 1 confident in an aggressive way盛气凌人鈿；自以为是的：Beneath his brash ejrterfor, he’s sriH a ZittZe boy inside.他外表盛气凌 人，内心里还是个孩子。2 (8r£) (of things and places东 西、地方）too bright or too noisy in a way that is not attractive 耀眼的；嘈杂的► brash.ly flc/v. brash.ness noun [U]

brass/bra:s; NAmEbrses/ noun

► METAi■金属 1 [U] a bright yellow metal made by mixing copper and zinc; objects made of brass 黄 _;黄铜 制品：soHd brass _fittings/door handZes 纯 i _ 装置 / 门 把手◊ a brass piate (= a sign outside a building giving the name and profession of the person who works there)黄铜门牌（刻有姓名和职业）◊ to c〖ean/jpoZish the brass擦净/擦亮黄铜器

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS 2 [U+sing./pl. v.] the musical