brown
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable, uncountable)(countable and uncountable) A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.
The browns and greens in this painting give it a nice woodsy feel.
He wore brown jeans for his birthday.
- 2.
(countable)(snooker, countable) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 4 points.
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(uncountable)Black tar heroin.
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(archaic, countable, slang)A copper coin.
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(countable, uncountable)A brown horse or other animal.
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(capitalized, countable, ethnic, informal, slur, sometimes)(sometimes capitalised, countable, informal, ethnic slur) A person of mostly Latin American (or Latino), Middle Eastern/North African, South Asian, and sometimes Southeast Asian, Pacific Islander, or rarely Native American descent; a brown-skinned person; someone of mulatto, or biracial appearance.
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(countable, uncountable)(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of subfamily Satyrinae (formerly the family Satyridae), such as those of the genera Heteronympha and Melanitis.
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(countable, informal, uncountable)A brown trout (Salmo trutta).
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(countable, uncountable)(hunting, as "the brown") A mass of birds or animals that may be indiscriminately fired at.
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
Having a brown colour.
- 2.
(obsolete)Gloomy.
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(sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin.
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Not green (environmentally irresponsible); anti-green (against environmental protection).
Near-synonyms: nongreen, antigreen
Đồng nghĩa: nongreen, antigreen
Động từ
verb- 1.
(intransitive)To become brown.
Fry the onions until they brown.
Đồng nghĩa: embrown, brownify
- 2.
poop.
i've just browned myself.
- 3.
(transitive)(cooking, transitive) To cook something until it becomes brown.
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(intransitive, transitive)To tan.
Light-skinned people tend to brown when exposed to the sun.
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(transitive)To make brown or dusky.
Đồng nghĩa: embrown
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(transitive)To give a bright brown colour to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coating of oxide on their surface.
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(derogatory, ethnic, intransitive, offensive, slang, slur, transitive, usually)(demography, transitive, intransitive, slang, ethnic slur, usually derogatory, offensive) To turn progressively more Hispanic or Latino, in the context of the population of a geographic region.
the browning of America
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Middle English broun, from Old English brūn (brown; dark; dusky), from *brūn, from Proto-Germanic *brūnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-. bruin.