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

• 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。
• Deep purple red to maroon leaves;
  lobes深紫色红色栗色叶片；
• 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。
• Also, early in 1986, violence of an unbelievable dimension broke out between maroon youngsters and the army.
  而且在1980年早期，在丛林黑人青年和军队之间爆发了一场难以置信的暴力事件。
• My husband particularly enjoys dumplings made with red beans, the fragrant maroon seeds that are also known as adzuki beans.
  红豆也叫赤豆，是一种褐红色的味道香甜的豆子。
• To Ron from Mrs. Weasley: a maroon hand-knitted sweater, always in maroon.
  韦斯莱太太给罗恩的礼物：一件栗色的手织毛衣，总是用栗色。
• These grapes give rise to a wine that is color classified with such descriptors as garnet, almost black, dark red, light red, ruby red, opaque purple, deep violet, maroon and the list goes on.
  这些葡萄生产的酒从颜色上被描述为石榴红、深黑、深红、淡红、宝石红、不透明紫色、深紫色、栗色，关于颜色的词还有好多。
• Medium-dark green, heart-shaped, quilted, glossy/ maroon back. Large.
  中到深绿色叶，心形状的叶，叶脉鼓起，叶面光滑，咖啡色的叶背。大型。
• 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。
• "Severity" is divided into three categories as represented by bar charts: fatal ( maroon), serious ( blue) and mild ( sand).
  严重程度分为三级，用长条图表示：致命（褐紫红色）、严重（蓝色）及轻微（浅棕色）。