"benevolent goblin supposed to haunt old farmhouses in Scotland," 1510s, diminutive of brown "a wee brown man" (see brown (adj.)). The name for the junior branch of the Girl Guides or Girl Scouts is 1916, in reference to uniform color. Brownie point (1963) is sometimes associated with Brownie in the Scouting sense but is perhaps rather from brown-nose.
例文
1. They 're just trying to score brownie points with politicians.
彼らは政治家たちの称賛を得ようとしているだけだ。
2. Brownie is an instance of the class of all horses. Brownie はすべての馬のクラスの一例である。
3.The people who write paraking tickets in New York are known colloquially as "brownies ".