A brand was a mark of ownership burned into the hide of an animal with a hot iron.

烙印是用烙铁烧在牲畜皮上的所有权标记。

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The hot spots and their volcanic trails are milestones that mark the passage of the plates.

热点和它们的火山痕迹是标志板块移动的里程碑。

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The surface mark of an established plume is a hot spot—an isolated region of volcanoes and uplifted terrain located far from the edge of a surface plate.

一个已形成的烟羽的表面标志是一个热点——一个远离表面板块边缘的火山和隆起地形的孤立区域。

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Bill invented the method of using a hot branding iron to permanently put the mark of a ranch on a cow's skin.

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"He was very afraid of fire, very scared of burning, " she said, describing his complaints after mere steam from hot tea once left a mark on his hand.

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But Hamilton, who had just started his final hot lap, comfortably eclipsed that mark to take his eighth career pole.

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It fell apart then, exploding in sparks, but she remembered how elated she felt to touch the scorch-mark and smell the hot, tarry smell of the destroyed wood.

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