brown
adjective /braʊn/
/braʊn/
(comparative browner, superlative brownest)
Idioms - having the colour of earth or coffee
棕色的；褐色的 - brown eyes/hair
棕色的眼睛／头发 - brown bread/sugar/rice
黑面包/糖/米饭 - dark brown shoe polish
深棕色鞋油 - a package wrapped in brown paper
用牛皮纸包扎的包裹 - Soon the yellow leaves will turn brown.
黄色的叶子很快就会变成棕色。 - Henry has short light brown hair and green eyes.
亨利有浅棕色的短发和绿色的眼睛。 - a little boy with golden brown skin
一个皮肤金黄的小男孩 - We stopped on a bridge to watch the wild brown trout.
我们在一座桥上停下来观看野生褐鳟鱼。
Topics Colours and Shapesa1- The once-green fields were now uniformly brown.
曾经的绿地现在变成一片褐色。 - a lovely warm brown colour
可爱的暖棕色 - her dark brown eyes
她深棕色的眼睛 - monkeys with bright brown fur
毛色亮褐的猴子 - bright brown eyes
亮褐色的眼睛
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- very
- uniformly
- dark
- deep
- light
- …
- brown eyes/hair
- having skin that is naturally brown or has been made brown by the sun
（皮肤）棕色的，被晒黑的 - (British English) I don't go brown very easily.
我不容易晒黑。 - After the summer in Spain, the children were brown as berries.
在西班牙度过了一个夏天之后，孩子们晒得黝黑。 - He looked very brown after the cruise.
乘船游览之后，他的皮肤变得黝黑。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- very
- uniformly
- dark
- deep
- light
- …
- (British English) I don't go brown very easily.
词源Old English brūn, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bruin and German braun.
Idioms
in a brown study
- (old-fashioned, British English) thinking deeply so that you do not notice what is happening around you
出神；沉思默想（以致没注意到周围情况）