brand

ブランド

ある会社の商品やサービスを識別する名前やイメージ。

やさしい英語で： The name and image that identify products or services from a particular company.

• Which brand of tea do you buy?
• The company sells several popular brands.
• I recognized the brand by its logo.

類義語： make

よく使う表現： popular brand, brand name, clothing brand

種類、流儀

特定の人や集団に結び付くことが多い、独特の種類や流儀。

やさしい英語で： A particular kind or style of something, often linked to one person or group.

• His brand of humor makes me laugh.
• They rejected that brand of politics.
• She brought her own brand of optimism to the team.

使い方： brand of something (I enjoy her unusual brand of comedy.)

類義語： type, kind, variety, style

よく使う表現： brand of humor, brand of politics, particular brand

所有者の印、焼き印

動物や物が誰のものかを示す印や記号。

やさしい英語で： A mark or symbol showing who owns an animal or object.

• Each ranch has its own brand.
• The brand showed who owned the cow.
• They registered a new brand for their herd.

類義語： ownership mark

よく使う表現： owner’s brand, registered brand, cattle brand

焼き印

熱した鉄で皮膚や他の表面に付けた、消えない印。

やさしい英語で： A lasting mark made on skin or another surface with a hot iron.

• The cow has a brand on its side.
• The old brand was still visible on his arm.
• Matching brands were burned into the wooden barrels.

類義語： burn mark

よく使う表現： brand on something, cattle brand, old brand

燃えさし

燃えている、または火が消えてもまだ熱い木片。

やさしい英語で： A piece of wood that is burning or still hot from a fire.

• He lifted a burning brand from the fire.
• The glowing brands lit the dark room.
• She dropped the brand into the ashes.

類義語： firebrand

よく使う表現： burning brand, glowing brand, carry a brand

烙印を押す、決めつける

人や物を、公の場で厳しい、または不公平な言葉で決めつける。

やさしい英語で： To publicly describe someone or something in a harsh or unfair way.

• They branded him a liar.
• The policy was branded unfair by several teachers.
• Why did the newspaper brand her as a traitor?

使い方： brand someone/something as something (Critics branded the plan as a failure.); brand someone/something + noun/adjective (They branded him a coward.)

類義語： label, stigmatize, denounce

よく使う表現： brand someone a liar, brand someone as, brand something unfair

焼き印を押す

熱した鉄を使い、動物や人に印を付ける。

やさしい英語で： To mark an animal or person using a hot iron.

• The ranchers brand their cattle.
• Each cow was branded on its side.
• They branded the animals before releasing them into the field.

使い方： brand someone/something with something (They branded the cattle with the ranch’s symbol.)

類義語： mark

よく使う表現： brand the cattle, brand a cow, brand someone with

焼き印を押す

持ち主が分かるように、動物の皮膚に印を焼き付ける。

やさしい英語で： To burn an owner's mark into an animal's skin so people know who owns it.

• They brand cattle on this ranch.
• The farmer branded each calf with his initials.
• Why do some owners still brand their horses?

よく使う表現： brand cattle, brand a calf, brand livestock