A brand was a mark of ownership burned into the hide of an animal with a hot iron.
烙印是用烙铁烧在牲畜皮上的所有权标记。
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Texier points out that until recently, bushmen in the region carved geometric motifs on ostrich eggshells as a mark of ownership.
Texier指出，当地伐木工人还在鸵鸟蛋壳上刻上几何标记，代表所有权。
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Mark Thompson, the BBC's director general, used a trip to New York to remind Americans that such a concentration of media ownership would not be allowed in their country.