brake  n.闸，制动器，刹车 
       vi.刹车，（车）被刹住
       vt.刹住（车），用闸（车）放慢速度

难词解码：来自break，使车中止，停止。

The car in front of me stopped suddenly and I had to brake.我前面那辆小汽车突然停住，我只好刹车。

词形变化
动词第三人称单数: brakes

英英解释
名词 brake:
a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan同义词：bracken, pasture brake, Pteridium aquilinum
an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
动词 brake:
stop travelling by applying a brake
cause to stop by applying the brakes

brand  n.商标，（商品的）牌子 
       vt.1.打烙印于，以烙铁打（标记） 2.加污名于，谴责

难词解码：来自burnt，烧过的烙铁。

He has his own brand of humor.他有他独特的幽默感。

词形变化
名词: brander 动词第三人称单数: brands

词义辨析
brand, trademark
这两个名词均含有“商标”之意。
brand: 指生产厂家为自己的产品所取的专用名称。
trademark: 指通过合法注册而印在商品上的特殊标记，即商标。

英英解释
名词 brand:
a name given to a product or service同义词：trade name, brand name, marque
a recognizable kind同义词：make
identification mark on skin, made by burning
a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning同义词：firebrand
a symbol of disgrace or infamy--Genesis同义词：mark, stigma, stain
a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard同义词：sword, blade, steel
动词 brand:
burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals
to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful同义词：stigmatize, stigmatise, denounce, mark
mark or expose as infamous同义词：post