| 词汇 | maroon |
| 释义 | maroon noun[ U ] uk /məˈruːn/ us /məˈruːn/ a dark reddish-purple colour紫褐色，褐红色 Nongnuch_L/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Less common colours apple green argent ashy avocado baby blue carmine cerise dun emerald indigo peacock blue puce racing green ruddily rust salmon pink sanguine shocking pink sky blue verdure maroon adjective uk /məˈruːn/ us /məˈruːn/ having a dark reddish-purple colour: 紫红色的 He prefers to be seen in uniform, proudly sporting the maroon beret of his old regiment. The flowers are deep maroon. He wore a checked shirt, maroon tie, and yellow V-necked sweater. The seats are maroon velvet. Every single player did their county and that maroon jersey proud. Less common colours apple green argent ashy avocado baby blue carmine cerise dun emerald indigo peacock blue puce racing green ruddily rust salmon pink sanguine shocking pink sky blue verdure maroon verb[ T ] uk /məˈruːn/ us /məˈruːn/ to leave someone in a place from which they cannot escape: Blackbeard deliberately wrecked his ship and marooned his men before making off with their treasure. They would invite him to follow them onto the roof, then slip back inside and lock the window, marooning him up there for the rest of the day. See also marooned Departing abandon abandon ship abandonment absquatulate backward move outgoing p.o.q. peel away/off piss off pull pull out pull something off sea track turf something out vacate vamoose walk walk off (somewhere) maroon | American Dictionarymaroon adjective, noun[ U ] us/məˈrun/ (of) a dark brown-red color: a maroon tie Examples of maroonmaroon In the field it appears to be quite similar to maroon mottled siltstone except for its clayey nature. Maroon fighters, however, only sought terms after a measles epidemic weakened their forces. Moreover, in the context of large-scale migration, the differences among the maroon groups are increasingly being leveled. It allows them to assert their maroon origin without having to specify their "shameful" specific origin. Takitaki is generally assumed to consist of only one variety that is employed in the same way by all maroons (see ex. 2). This old chart repository is an enormous, cracked-leather volume which is disappearing into maroon ash. They identify with all those whose background is very similar - other maroons. The survivors were marooned on an ice floe and driven against a large berg. Such children are generally not in close contact with the members of a particular maroon community. Moreover, marooning (escape) was massive. The interpretation of the maroon discourses is based on consultations with local informants and about ten years of participation and observation in the community, employing a linguistic anthropological approach. Others, with the ex-chief, are marooned below the gangway. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A group of choirboys is marooned on an island. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These people are not marooned on a desert island. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that if we gave warning by maroon, it would be of definite advantage to manufacturers in regard to production. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of maroon These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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