Brown
[braʊn]
解释:
(noun.) an orange of low brightness and saturation.
(noun.) abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1859).
(noun.) Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858).
(verb.) fry in a pan until it changes color; 'brown the meat in the pan'.
(adj.) (of skin) deeply suntanned .
(adj.) of a color similar to that of wood or earth .
克劳德特录入--From WordNet
解释:
(superl.) Of a dark color, of various shades between black and red or yellow.
(n.) A dark color inclining to red or yellow, resulting from the mixture of red and black, or of red, black, and yellow; a tawny, dusky hue.
(v. t.) To make brown or dusky.
(v. t.) To make brown by scorching slightly; as, to brown meat or flour.
(v. t.) To give a bright brown color to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coat of oxide on their surface.
(v. i.) To become brown.
校对:洛丽
解释:
adj. of a dark or dusky colour inclining to red or yellow: dark-complexioned: sunburnt.—n. a dark-reddish colour: (slang) a copper.—v.t. to make brown or give a brown colour to: to roast brown.—ns. Brown′-bess the old British flint-lock musket—from the brown walnut stock; Brown′-bill a foot-soldier's or watchman's halbert painted brown; Brown′-bread bread of a brown colour made of unbolted flour; Brown′-coal commonly called Lignite an imperfect kind of coal which exhibits more of its woody structure than ordinary coal; Brown′-George a hard biscuit: a brown earthen vessel; Brown′ing the process of imparting a brown colour to iron articles: a preparation for giving a brown colour to gravy &c. or for dressing brown leather.—adj. Brown′ish.—ns. Brown′ness; Brown′-pā′per coarse and strong paper used chiefly for wrapping; Brown′-spar a name given to certain varieties of dolomite or magnesian limestone distinguished by their brownish colour; Brown′-stout a kind of porter; Brown′-stud′y gloomy reverie: absent-mindedness.—adj. Brown′y (Shak.) of a brown colour.—To do brown (slang) to do thoroughly to deceive or take in completely.
校对:维托
例句:
- Under existing circumstances, however, she is dressed in a plain, spare gown of brown stuff. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- It was between ten and eleven o'clock when Mrs. Micawber rose to replace her cap in the whitey-brown paper parcel, and to put on her bonnet. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- Art thou in condition to do good service, friar, said Locksley, or does the brown bowl still run in thy head? 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Hannah Brown will preside, and all are invited to attend. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- Silas Brown, the trainer, is known to have had large bets upon the event, and he was no friend to poor Straker. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- I was thinking of asking the Porters, as the Browns can't come. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- The Slicksons accept, Collingbrooks accept, Stephenses accept, Browns decline. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- These colors were bright, and were generally yellows, blues, and grays, although sometimes he used greens, violets, and browns. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- The fat turkey was a sight to behold, when Hannah sent him up, stuffed, browned, and decorated. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- That he was a muscular man, strong on his legs, and that he was browned and hardened by exposure to weather. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- Sun-browned and jolly Mr Meagles looked, and he opened his arms and folded Arthur in them, like a sun-browned and jolly father. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Helstone came in marching nimbly and erect, looking browner, keener, and livelier than usual. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Being of a more slender figure than Mr. Jarndyce and having a richer complexion, with browner hair, he looked younger. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- The new poet; the coming Tennyson, the future Browning. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- A certain picture by Dürer, a certain poem of Browning's, convey in every detail the feeling of dauntless resolution. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- Mose done, Mas'r George, said Aunt Chloe, lifting the lid and peeping in,--browning beautiful--a real lovely brown. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
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