brown
brown — 形容詞
1. showing a shade like wood, coffee, or earth.
棕色；褐色
顏色像木頭、咖啡或泥土
showing a shade like wood, coffee, or earth.
Bao chose brown curtains for the room above the bakery.
Bao 為麵包店樓上的房間挑了棕色窗簾。
brown + noun for colour
The horse has a brown back and two white legs.
那匹馬有棕色的背，還有兩條白腿。
By August, the garden grass had turned brown in the heat.
到了八月，花園裡的草在熱氣中轉成棕色。
I found a brown wallet under the train seat.
我在火車座位下撿到一個棕色皮夾。
文法句型
brown + noun
be/look/turn brown
用法筆記
Regular colour use before a noun and after verbs like 'be', 'look', and 'turn'. Distinguish from noun/1, where the word names the colour itself.
常見錯誤
2. used for skin that is brown by nature or made darker by the sun.
膚色棕褐
天生或曬成棕褐膚色
used for skin that is brown by nature or made darker by the sun.
After ten beach days, Yuri came home brown and tired.
在海灘待了十天後，Yuri 回家時皮膚曬得棕褐，還很累。
be brown after sun exposure
The baby has brown skin like her father.
那個嬰兒的膚色棕褐，像她爸爸一樣。
brown skin
By late summer, the surfers looked brown from the sun.
到了夏末，那群衝浪客看起來都被太陽曬黑了。
Leila's arms got brown after long walks in Crete.
Leila 在 Crete 走久了，手臂都曬成棕褐色了。
- tanned
stresses a darker colour caused by the sun
- sun-browned
more descriptive and less common
- dark-skinned
broader; does not always mean brown specifically
- pale
lighter in skin colour
- fair-skinned
used for naturally light skin
文法句型
be/look brown
brown skin
get brown in the sun
用法筆記
Usually appears after 'be', 'look', or 'get', and it talks about skin rather than clothes or objects. Distinguish from sense 3, which is about identity or communities.
3. relating to people, groups, or culture described as Brown, especially those with
布朗
指布朗認同的人群文化
relating to people, groups, or culture described as Brown, especially those with South Asian, Middle Eastern, or Latin American roots.
The exhibit showed work by Brown artists from Delhi and Houston.
那場展覽展出了來自 Delhi 和 Houston 的布朗藝術家作品。
Brown + noun for identity or culture
A Brown youth group organized the street festival in Queens.
Queens 的布朗青年團體籌辦了那場街頭節慶。
The film follows Brown families building new lives in Toronto.
這部電影描寫布朗家庭在 Toronto 建立新生活。
Our teacher invited Brown writers to discuss identity and home.
老師邀請了幾位布朗作家來談身分認同與家園。
- brown-skinned
describes physical appearance, not identity or culture
- of color
much broader and not limited to Brown communities
- Latinx
fits some US Brown communities, but not South Asian or Middle Eastern ones
文法句型
Brown + noun
Brown people / families / writers
Brown identity / culture
用法筆記
Often written with a capital B when it names identity, culture, or community. Distinguish from sense 2, which describes a person's skin tone rather than a social label.
常見錯誤
brown — 名詞
1. the colour seen in things like chocolate, coffee, or dry earth.
棕色調
像土或巧克力的顏色
the colour seen in things like chocolate, coffee, or dry earth.
The artist mixed red and yellow to make a warm brown.
畫家把紅色和黃色混在一起，調出溫暖的棕色調。
brown as a colour noun
On this map, the mountains are printed in brown.
這張地圖上，山區是用棕色印的。
in brown
The designer chose a soft brown for the living room walls.
設計師替客廳牆面選了柔和的棕色調。
The puppy's fur changes from black to brown each summer.
那隻小狗的毛每到夏天都會從黑色變成棕色。
文法句型
shade of brown
in brown
brown and other colours
用法筆記
Usually uncountable for the colour itself, but 'a brown' can mean one particular shade in art, fashion, or design.
常見錯誤
brown — 動詞
1. to cook food until the surface becomes brown.
煮至上色
把食材烹調到表面上色
to cook food until the surface becomes brown.
Brown the chicken pieces before you add the rice.
先把雞肉煎到上色，再下米。
recipe instruction: brown + food
Priya browned the onions slowly for the soup.
Priya 把洋蔥慢慢炒到上色，好拿來煮湯。
Let the sausages brown on both sides first.
先讓香腸兩面煎到金黃。
The cook browned the butter until it smelled sweet.
廚師把奶油加熱到微微上色，香氣就出來了。
文法句型
brown something before adding ...
brown in a pan
let something brown
用法筆記
Mostly used in recipes with meat, onions, butter, or other ingredients before the next cooking step. Distinguish from sense 2, which is about any object becoming brown, not specifically food in the kitchen.
2. to become brown in colour, or to change something so it looks brown.
變褐；使變褐
變成褐色或使其變褐
to become brown in colour, or to change something so it looks brown.
Sliced apples brown quickly in warm kitchen air.
切片蘋果在溫熱的廚房空氣裡很快就變褐了。
intransitive: something browns naturally
By winter, the old photo had browned at the edges.
到了冬天，那張老照片的邊緣已經變褐了。
brown with age
Strong sun browned the lawn by the end of July.
到了七月底，烈日把草坪曬成了褐色。
Smoke from the stove browned the ceiling above the sink.
爐子的煙把水槽上方的天花板染褐了。
文法句型
brown in the sun
brown with age
brown something with smoke or heat
用法筆記
Common with natural causes such as sun, age, air, smoke, or dry weather. Distinguish from sense 1, which is the kitchen use for cooking food until it browns.