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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Texier points out that until recently, bushmen in the region carved geometric motifs on ostrich eggshells as a mark of ownership.

Texier指出，当地伐木工人还在鸵鸟蛋壳上刻上几何标记，代表所有权。

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Mark Thompson, the BBC's director general, used a trip to New York to remind Americans that such a concentration of media ownership would not be allowed in their country.

英国广播公司的总经理马克·汤普森专程赶往纽约来提醒美国人一个人掌控如此多的媒体在他们国家是不被允许的。

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The shells are etched with simple geometric forms that are still used by Kalahari tribesmen to mark ownership of the shells, which they employ as water vessels.

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Your point about homicide and gun ownership was also wide of the mark: control statistically for gun ownership and the relationship between homicide and inequality becomes slightly stronger.

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Gentrification and home ownership have left their mark.

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