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

• David wore a thick dark red jumper over grey skinny jeans and brown leather boots, while Harper too wore the warming colour of maroon on her legs with a thick pair of cable-knit tights under a cream coat, with brown leather boots too.
  小贝身着深红色厚毛衣与灰色修身牛仔裤，配以棕色皮靴；哈珀也穿得暖暖的，奶油色的大衣加上深红的厚紧身裤，脚上也踏着一双棕色小皮靴。
• 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。
• 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。
• The red lionfish sports maroon and white stripes to complement its venomous spines.
  红狮子鱼褐白相间的条纹真是为它的毒刺锦上添花。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He kept his coins at home in a drawer, sometimes adding to the$ 20 his father had given him when he turned six, all recorded in a little maroon passbook-his first bank account.
  他把自己的这些硬币放入家中的一个抽屉，有时把它们和自己年满6岁时父亲给他的20美元存在一起这些都记录在一个栗色的存折上，那是他第一个银行账户。
• 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。
• "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）。