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- of a colour produced by mixing red, yellow, and black, as of dark wood rich soil褐色的, 棕色的, 咖啡色的：
an old brown coat
一件褐色旧外套
she had warm brown eyes.
她有一双热情的褐色眼睛。
1.1
- dark-skinned or suntanned（皮肤）被太阳晒黑的, 古铜色的, 黝黑的：
his face was brown from the sun.
他的脸被太阳晒成了古铜色。
1.3
- (of bread) made from a dark, unsifted, or unbleached flour（面包）用黑（或未筛过, 未漂白过的）面粉做的。
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- mass noun brown colour or pigment褐色（或棕色, 咖啡色）; 褐色（或棕色, 咖啡色）颜料：
the brown of his eyes
他眼睛的褐色
a pair of boots in brown
一双褐色的靴子
count noun the print is rich with velvety browns.柔和的褐色图案使这块印花布显得很华丽。
1.1
- brown clothes or material褐色的衣服（或材料）：
a woman all in brown.
一位穿着一身棕色服装的女人。
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- a brown thing, in particular the brown ball of snooker褐色（或棕色、咖啡色）的东西（尤指斯诺克中的棕色球）。
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- with modifier a satyrid butterfly, which typically has brown wings with small eyespots（棕翅）眼蝶, 褐蝶。
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- Subfamily Satyrinae, family Nymphalidae: many genera and species, including the meadow brown and wall brown.眼蝶亚科, 蛱蝶科：多属, 多种, 包括牧场眼蝶和墙壁褐蝶。
- make or become brown, typically by cooking（尤指通过烹煮）（使）呈现棕色（或褐色）：
with obj. a skillet in which food has been browned里面的食物已经煮成褐色的小烧锅
no obj. grill the pizza until the cheese has browned.把比萨饼中的奶酪烤到变成棕色为止。
短语
(as) brown as a berry
- (of a person) very suntanned（人）（被太阳晒得）黝黑的。
in a brown study
- 见STUDY.
派生词
brownish
adjectivebrownness
nounbrowny
adjective词源
Old English brūm, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bruin and German braun.
短语动词
brown someone off
- usu. as adj. browned off make someone feel irritated or depressed使发怒; 使沮丧：
they are getting browned off with the overtime.
他们正为加班而沮丧呢。