服装和织物的条纹或条带。例如:the bands of colour on her dress她衣服上的色条the blue bands of the Union Flag大英国旗上的蓝色条纹一队演员或音乐家。band of actors乐团乐队一群在特定地点工作或活动的人(band of sth)。例如:a band of guardsmen guarding the embassy一支卫队一个团体或一群朋友、支持者等。例:the band of people who had always been loyal to one another互相忠诚的一群人一根扁平的环形条带,通常用金属制成。例:a rubber band橡皮筋;一根用来限制或缚住的带子。
用作动词时也有几种含义:
用带或绳子缚扎(或捆)the boy was bandaged on his leg腿上缠着绷带把…系在一起。如:He banded together his closest friends and went to London to find a job.(他把他最要好的朋友都组织起来,一同到伦敦去找工作。)
而Brand用作名词的含义有以下几点:
品牌。例如:a brand of bicycle 自行车品牌烧、烙或烫出记号。如:There was a brand on his right hand.(他右手上有记号。)用作动词时的含义为给…作记号、命名,或产生。例如:brand someone as liar把某人当成骗子