Maroon
[mə'ruːn] or [mə'run]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) an exploding firework used as a warning signal.
(noun.) a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color.
(noun.) a person who is stranded (as on an island); 'when the tide came in I was a maroon out there'.
(verb.) leave stranded on a desert island without resources; 'The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island'.
(verb.) leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue; 'the travellers were marooned'.
(adj.) of dark brownish to purplish red .
丹整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) In the West Indies and Guiana, a fugitive slave, or a free negro, living in the mountains.
(v. t.) To put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave him to his fate.
(a.) Having the color called maroon. See 4th Maroon.
(n.) A brownish or dull red of any description, esp. of a scarlet cast rather than approaching crimson or purple.
(n.) An explosive shell. See Marron, 3.
雅克校對
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Chestnut color.
a. Of a chestnut color.
編輯:谢尔顿
解釋/意思:
n. a brownish crimson.
n. a fugitive slave living on the mountains in the West Indies.—v.t. to put on shore on a desolate island.—ns. Maroon′er; Maroon′ing.
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例句/造句/用法:
- Jo in maroon, with a stiff, gentlemanly linen collar, and a white chrysanthemum or two for her only ornament. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- The front should have either _dark_ blue, maroon, or green baize curtains, so made as to draw right across. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- The interior of the cabinet should be of one uniform color, if possible of a dark blue or dark maroon. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- Maroon ink may be made by mixing equal quantities of black, blue, and red inks; yellow by adding 1-1/4 drachms of picric acid to 1 pint of hot water. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- Then said Captain Maroon, 'Now, how much time do you want to make the other twenty in? 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
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