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off-brand

/awf-brand, of-/US // ˈɔfˌbrænd, ˈɒf- //

非品牌,非名牌,非品牌的,非标

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : not having a recognized or popular brand or name: an off-brand TV set.
    • : being a cheap or inferior brand or grade: off-brand batteries that never work when you need them.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a brand or name that is unrecognized or relatively unfamiliar.
    • : a cheap or inferior brand.

Examples

  • Although the blood-spattered offices will be off-limits, staff have vowed to continue producing the magazine.

  • A passing off-duty school safety officer named Fred Lucas said that he had been told the man was a drug dealer.

  • But as an American creating a new brand here, and living the daily life of the souk, he seems to be in a league of his own.

  • The NOPD fired Knight in 1973 for stealing lumber from a construction site as an off-duty cop.

  • The off-year special election into which Duke threw himself drew little media notice at first.

  • A far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.

  • From every rank in society they had gravitated—but all were stamped with the same brand—destitution!

  • They were delicious, of a brand unobtainable by the public, and made from tobacco grown in one of the Balkan States.

  • Kip Burland was on his feet while the others remained spellbound by the brand of light.

  • Held in great esteem by her noble master, Mrs. Brand was consulted by him on all matters of minor importance.