trademark
【英英释义】
n.1. a trademark is a name or symbol that a company uses on its products and that cannot legally be used by another company. 商标
2. if you say that something is the trademark of a particular person or place, you mean that it is characteristic of them or typically associated with them. 标志,特点 with poss
something that you wear, do, or say that is typical of you.
【词义深度解析】
trademark是个名词,基本意思为“商标”,也可以表示“特点,标志”,当我们想表达人和物的特点时,除了feature, characteristic外,还可以选择用trademark。
trademark也可以像形容词一样修饰名词,表示“标志性的XX”,“招牌式的XX”。这种用法在口语和写作中非常常见。
【例句学习】
1. That's his/her trademark move/trick! 又来这一套,又是这招!
2. Jeff Bezos's booming laughter is his trademark.
3. Subjects topical and timeless, profound and peculiar, explained with The Economist's trademark clarity and brevity (这不是一个完整的句子,是名词短语,说明博客的话题特点)
topical adj.时下关注的,热门的 timeless adj. 不受时间影响的,永恒的 peculiar adj.古怪的,独特的 trademark clarity and brevity 清晰性和简洁性的特点
4. Austria's trademark dessert was the subject of a seven-year legal battle. 奥地利标志性的甜点是一场为期七年的法律诉讼的主题。
5. It was his son, Eduard, who turned the sachertorte into a national trademark. Sachertorte就是上句Austria's trademark dessert 的名字,沙哈,成为了奥地利的国家招牌。
【词汇运用】
1.翻译:乔布斯经常穿他的招牌黑色高领衫、蓝色牛仔裤和New Balance运动鞋。
Jobs often wore his trademark black turtleneck, blue jeans and New Balance sneakers. (有道)
Steve Jobs always wore his trademark black turtlemeck, blue jeans, and a pair of New Balance sneakers. (参考翻译)
2. 生活场景应用
Hejiong, the trademark host of Hunan channel's entertainment shows, is an important member of the Happy Family.
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