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

• 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。
• 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。
• One owns a maroon mercury coupe.
  其中一个开着褐红色的跑车。
• 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。
• "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）。
• 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。
• He arrives at Lhasa Cafe wearing a professor's uniform: blue jeans, a maroon jumper and a tweed jacket.
  他来到拉萨餐厅，一副教授的装束：蓝色牛仔裤、栗色套头衫和粗花呢夹克。
• Barcelona's maroon and blue striped shirt was without a sponsor before the club put the children's charity on their shirt fronts in2006.
  巴塞那红蓝条纹球衣此前一直无赞助商，直到2006年他们将联合国儿童基金的标志印了上去。
• Maroon to purple-brown orchid with yellow lip; Europe, North America and Japan.
  一种兰花，花色从栗色到紫褐色，有黄色的唇瓣；产自欧洲、北美和日本。