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词汇 brown-paper
释义 brown paper
noun[ U ]
uk /ˌbraʊn ˈpeɪ.pər/ us /ˌbraʊn ˈpeɪ.pɚ/
a strong type of brown paper that is often used for wrapping things in when they are to be sent through the post牛皮纸
 
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Examples from literature

A policeman came in, carrying a brown paper parcel. 
He began to unfasten the string which fastened the brown paper parcel. 
He offered a parcel wrapped in brown paper. 
SIR,—In reply to your enquiry as to the nature of the parcel, I beg to inform you that it was oblong in shape and done up in brown paper and tied securely with string. 
That official immediately drew open a drawer of his desk and produced a packet folded in brown paper. 

Examples of brown paper


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She covered the first 6 books with brownpaper and the other 9 books with colorful paper.
The first two sets were protected by brownpaper only, the last set by straw rope as well.
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Pieces of brownpaper are burnt which give off a smell that one either likes or detests according to one's inclination.
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He started his musical life playing the accordion until his father gave him his first guitar in a brownpaper bag.
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Gene spent his time making sketches on the long rolls of brownpaper in which the shop's meat was wrapped.
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Frye found herself composing a piece of verse on a brownpaper shopping bag.
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Genet wrote it on sheets of brownpaper which prison authorities provided to prisoners - with the intention that they would make bags of it.
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Presley wrote him a check on a brownpaper bag, but it wasn't enough to keep him out of jail.
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If bananas are too green, they can be put in a brownpaper bag with an apple or tomato overnight to speed up the ripening process.
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He drew the line on a brownpaper envelope - it spiralled around a circle.
This is the case with high school texts covered in brownpaper.
I took it with reluctance, hiding it carefully in a brownpaper bag.
Frequently, students cover their texts in jackets made from old, brownpaper bags, then deposit their books on kitchen tables.
Around the edges of the space were chairs, on each of which was a brownpaper takeaway bag, containing an aluminium tray with a reflective cardboard top.
The defence of brownpaper against flash burn depends on how near or how far away one is, and the authorities are agreed on that.
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