maroon
(məruːn )
Word forms: maroons , marooning , marooned
1. colour
Something that is maroon is dark reddish-purple in colour.
...maroon velvet curtains.
2. verb [usually passive]
If someone is marooned somewhere, they are left in a place that is difficult for them to escape from.
Five couples were marooned in their caravans when the River Avon broke its banks. [be VERB-ed preposition/adverb]
...after years of being marooned on a desert island. [VERB-ed]
Synonyms: abandon, leave, desert, strand
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Translations:
Chinese: 栗色的, 使无法逃脱
Japanese: 栗色の, 置き去りにする
- implement a system
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- implement legislation
- implement measures
- implement properly
- implement proposals
- implement recommendations
- implement reforms
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- implement training
- implicate
- implicated
- implication
- implication
- implicit
- implicit assumption
- implicit guarantee
- implicitly