English Dictionary

brown

IPA（発音記号）

/bɹaʊn/

名詞

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(countable and uncountable) A colour like that of chocolate or coffee. / (snooker, countable) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 4 points. / (uncountable) Black tar heroin.

日本語の意味

チョコレートやコーヒーのような色、すなわち茶色のこと。 / スヌーカーで使用される茶色のボール（得点は4ポイント）。 / ブラックタールヘロイン。

She mixed several shades of brown to match the antique cabinet.

彼女はアンティークの戸棚の色に合わせるために、いくつかの茶色の濃淡を混ぜ合わせた。

意味（1）

(countable and uncountable) A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.

The browns and greens in this painting give it a nice woodsy feel.

意味（2）

(snooker, countable) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 4 points.

意味（3）

(uncountable) Black tar heroin.

意味（4）

(slang, archaic, countable) A copper coin.

We've not had any breakfast,—won't you toss us down a brown?— That's what they call a penny in the streets of London Town.

意味（5）

A brown horse or other animal.

[…] browns are the soberest, bays are the worst tempered, and chestnuts are the most foolish.

意味（6）

(sometimes capitalised, countable, informal) A person of Latino, Middle Eastern or South Asian descent; a brown-skinned person; someone of mulatto or biracial appearance.

Many browns and blacks are immigrants — some of whom have not yet become naturalized citizens of the United States.

意味（7）

(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of subfamily Satyrinae (formerly the family Satyridae).

意味（8）

(entomology) Any of certain species of nymphalid butterflies of subfamily Satyrinae, such as those of the genera Heteronympha and Melanitis.

意味（9）

(informal) A brown trout (Salmo trutta).

意味（10）

(hunting, as "the brown") A mass of birds or animals that may be indiscriminately fired at.

The temptation to have a shot into the brown was great. There was not a head there which was not a big one and the one by himself was not too easy a shot since it is always difficult to shoot when lying in soft snow.

browns （ plural ）