maroon

英 [məˈruːn]

美 [məˈruːn]

adj.  紫褐色的; 褐红色的
n.  褐红色; 紫褐色; (海上作为信号的)鞭炮
v.  困住; 使无法逃脱

过去分词：marooned　复数：maroons　现在分词：marooning　过去式：marooned　第三人称单数：maroons　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.19889 / COCA.14650

牛津词典

adj.

• 紫褐色的；褐红色的
  dark brownish-red in colour

noun

• 褐红色；紫褐色
  a dark brownish-red colour
• （海上作为信号的）鞭炮
  a large firework that shoots into the air and makes a loud noise, used to attract attention, especially at sea

verb

• 困住；使无法逃脱
  to leave sb in a place that they cannot escape from, for example an island
  1. ‘Lord of the Flies’ is a novel about English schoolboys marooned on a desert island.
     《蝇王》是一本关于一群被困在荒岛上的英国男学童的小说。

柯林斯词典

• COLOUR 紫褐色;栗色
  Something that ismaroonis dark reddish-purple in colour.
  1. ...maroon velvet curtains.
     绛紫色的天鹅绒窗帘
• VERB 困住;使无法逃脱
  If someoneis maroonedsomewhere, they are left in a place that is difficult for them to escape from.
  1. Five couples were marooned in their caravans when the River Avon broke its banks.
     埃文河决堤的时候，有5对夫妇被困在了他们的房车里。
  2. ...after years of being marooned on a desert island.
     在荒岛上被困数年之后

英英释义

noun

• an exploding firework used as a warning signal
• a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color
• a person who is stranded (as on an island)
  1. when the tide came in I was a maroon out there

verb

• leave stranded on a desert island without resources
  1. The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island
• leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue
  1. the travellers were marooned
  Synonym:strand

adj

• of dark brownish to purplish red
  Synonym:brownish-red

双语例句

• Sexy lingerie in the shades of black, maroon or burgundy is your idea of fashion heaven, and you wear that intimate bedroom look as often as you can and anywhere you can!
  性感的黑色、栗色或葡萄色内衣是最能体现你时尚品味的服饰。
• Jo in maroon, with a stiff, gentlemanly linen collar, and a white chrysanthemum or two for her only ornament.
  乔一身栗色衣裳，配一件笔挺的男式亚麻布衣领，身上唯一的点缀是两朵白菊花。
• She opened the tie box and looked at her purchase. It was silk, with maroon stripes.
  她打开领带盒，看着她买回的东西：一条带有褐红色条纹的丝制领带。
• Once upon a time the land now occupied by the village was an unnamed weed-grown cape. 'I'm Ben Gunn, I am,' replied the maroon, wriggling like an eel in his embarrassment.
  很久以前，这个黎族村寨还是一片杂草丛生的无名荒滩。是的，我是本-刚恩，这位放逐在荒滩上的水手答道，一面不好意思地像鳗鱼一样扭动着身子。
• The peaks were turning a plummy maroon.
  那些山峰慢慢转为浓暗的绛紫色。
• Deep purple red to maroon leaves;
  lobes深紫色红色栗色叶片；
• We had all piled into the Rafelsons 'maroon Pontiac station wagon with its prominent wood siding first thing that morning.
  那天早晨，我们的第一件事是把所有东西都堆进拉菲尔森一家的红褐色帕蒂亚克旅行车，这款车有著名的木质侧板。
• Guests started rolling in after dark, and included a rare appearance by Depp's mother Betty Sue Palmer, who wore rounded glasses and diamond jewelry with a maroon velvet top.
  客人们在天黑后开始陆续到场，包括很少露面的德普妈妈贝蒂，她戴着圆眼镜，钻石珠宝，身穿栗色天鹅绒衣服。
• The clouds in the sky were aglow: pink and purple, maroon and gold, pearl and saffron.
  天空中的云彩看起来鲜亮无比：粉紫相映，褐紫与金色交织，珍珠白中透着橘色。
• I cannot make up my mind whether to buy this dark checkered suit or this maroon colored one?
  我不能决定是买这套黑色方格衣服还是这套茶色的。