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

• 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。
• Deep purple red to maroon leaves;
  lobes深紫色红色栗色叶片；
• The peaks were turning a plummy maroon.
  那些山峰慢慢转为浓暗的绛紫色。
• 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。
• The Genetic Polymorphism of the Erythrocyte and Plasma Esterase in Maroon, White and Yellow Feather Quail
  栗羽、白羽和黄羽三种羽色鹌鹑红细胞和血浆酯酶的遗传多态性
• 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。
• One owns a maroon mercury coupe.
  其中一个开着褐红色的跑车。
• 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。
• "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）。
• 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。