/brænd ||; brænd/verb[T] 1 to mark an animal with a hot iron to show who owns it 给（牲畜）打烙印（标示物主）
2 brand sb (as sth) to say that sb has a bad character so that people have a bad opinion of him/her 给人扣帽子；给留下污名: She was branded as a troublemaker after she complained about her long working hours. 自从她埋怨工作时间长，就被说成是滋事分子了。