maroon

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Coloursmaroonma‧roon1 /məˈruːn/ noun [uncountable] CCa dark brownish red colour —maroon adjectiveExamples from the Corpusmaroon• Meticulously painted in blood maroon and bruise brown, the body parts form an impenetrable jungle trapping various objects in their interior.maroonmaroon2 verb [transitive] MOVE/CHANGE POSITIONif you are marooned somewhere, you are left in a place where there are no other people and where you cannot escape → stranded The car broke down and left us marooned in the middle of nowhere.Grammar Maroon is usually passive.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusmaroon• Rusting trawlers are marooned in the sand.• Token children marooned on the Harrogate platform could not reduce the wrinkle count in the auditorium.• A very light northerly wind wafted us round the moored yacht on which we had marooned the photographer.• Lived out as the grandfather has lived it, such a desire maroons the self in heroic narrative.Origin maroon1 (1700-1800) French marron “chestnut” maroon2 (1600-1700) maroon “runaway black slave” ((17-19 centuries)), from American Spanish cimarrón, from cimarrón “wild”

单词	maroon
释义	maroon From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Coloursmaroonma‧roon1 /məˈruːn/ noun [uncountable] CCa dark brownish red colour —maroon adjectiveExamples from the Corpusmaroon• Meticulously painted in blood maroon and bruise brown, the body parts form an impenetrable jungle trapping various objects in their interior.maroonmaroon2 verb [transitive] MOVE/CHANGE POSITIONif you are marooned somewhere, you are left in a place where there are no other people and where you cannot escape → stranded The car broke down and left us marooned in the middle of nowhere.Grammar Maroon is usually passive.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusmaroon• Rusting trawlers are marooned in the sand.• Token children marooned on the Harrogate platform could not reduce the wrinkle count in the auditorium.• A very light northerly wind wafted us round the moored yacht on which we had marooned the photographer.• Lived out as the grandfather has lived it, such a desire maroons the self in heroic narrative.Origin maroon1 (1700-1800) French marron “chestnut” maroon2 (1600-1700) maroon “runaway black slave” ((17-19 centuries)), from American Spanish cimarrón, from cimarrón “wild”
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