Branding in this way was used mostly by cattle raisers when large herds were grazed on the western plains. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
In a few terse phrases he told me his opinion of, and feeling towards, the actress: he judged her as a womannot an artist: it was a branding judgment. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.维莱特.
I saw the death of that one with the rare name in his face as though it were burned there with a branding iron. 欧内斯特·海明威.丧钟为谁而鸣.