brown

Word family

Related topics: Colours

brown1 /braʊn/ S2 W2 adjectiveadj

1 CChaving the colour of earth, wood, or coffee 褐色的；棕色的

dark brown hair

深褐色的头发

2 BEAUTIFUL/GOOD-LOOKINGhaving skin that has been turned brown by the sun 〔皮肤〕棕色的，被晒黑的

He’d been on vacation and looked very brown.

他去度了假，看上去晒得很黑。

He was as brown as a berry after two weeks in the sun.

他晒了两个星期的太阳，皮肤变得黝黑黝黑的。

n COLLOCATIONS

types of brown

light/pale brown

a light brown jacket

dark/deep brown

dark brown eyes

warm brown

a warm brown shade

rich brown

a rich brown colour

reddish brown

The earth was reddish brown.

golden brown

Cook until the cheese is golden brown.

rusty brown (=an orange-brown colour)

It was autumn and the leaves were already rusty brown.

muddy brown

the muddy brown water of the river

chestnut brown (=a red-brown colour)

a beautiful chestnut brown horse

chocolate brown

He was wearing a chocolate brown pullover.

Examples from the Corpus

brown• He left and came back with a brown bag that he threw the bundles into.• Riker flew to the lone hill covered with tall brown grass and a few small trees.• Tall and thin, with dark brown hair, and blue eyes, he was an engineer.• His thick brown hair fell down the sides of his face.• Her skin gets really brown in the summer.• There were angry feelings on her part because we weren't brown like her.• The floor combined brown linoleum with brown and black tile.• Dim lights shone in brown parlour windows and there was a trail of yellow in the purpling sky behind the chimneys.• a brown shirt

Related topics: Cooking

brown3 verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT]

1 DFCCOOKto heat food so that it turns brown, or to become brown by being heated （使）〔食品〕烧成褐色

First, brown the meat in a pan.

首先，把肉放在锅里煎成褐色。

2 DLOto become brown because of the sun’s heat, or to make something brown in this way （使）〔经日晒〕变成褐[棕]色

The children’s faces were browned by the sun.

孩子们的脸被太阳晒黑了。

3 browned off ANNOY British EnglishBrE informal annoyed or bored 厌烦的，厌倦的 SYN fed up

They are getting browned off by the situation.

他们对这种情况渐渐腻烦了。

Examples from the Corpus

browned off• But the results of the Christmas consumer test will give new heart to anyone browned off by the festive ripoff syndrome.• Outside, some kids, browned off with the phone-booth, had snapped a sapling rowan in half.

Examples from the Corpus

brown• Cook for about 2 minutes, shaking the pan until the yams are lightly browned. 3.• In a large, heavy-bottomed pot, heat oil and saute carcasses until browned.• Saute until shallots are soft but not browned.• Saute, stirring often, until corn is lightly browned.• Once they are well browned, add the next four ingredients.• Even when the blossom was browned by heavy frost just before Christmas, it took only a fortnight to recover.• We two browned by summer stood against the blanched stonework of Cliff House.• Brown the meat in a frying pan.

Origin brown1

Old English brun