英语词汇“dun”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

dun1

/dʌn

adjective

1Of a dull greyish-brown colour: a dun cow...

The prevailing greyish dun distances were relieved by colour, by small spots of cheerful intimacy in patches of cultivation the more precious for being sustained in such arduous circumstances.
Into this dun world steps the elegant and cultured woman with vague ambitions to ‘tame inner-city thugs with recitations of poetry.’
In literature the era of ‘offensively Australian’ nationalism and tediously dun naturalism was over.

Synonyms

greyish-brown, brownish, dun-coloured, mud-coloured, mouse-coloured, mousy, muddy, khaki, umber

1.1 literary Dark or dusky: when the dun evening comes

noun

1 [mass noun] A dull greyish-brown colour.A mutt the colour of dun stood near by, barking every now and again....

Surrounding the cone on three sides were high walls of volcanic rock forming an amphitheater almost a mile and a half wide, a subtle palette of dun, gray, and beige.

2A horse with a sandy or sandy-grey coat, black mane, tail, and lower legs, and a dark dorsal stripe.She was his mount, a unicorn mare with a dun's coat....

The Indians ride bareback on paints (white horses with dark colored markings) and duns (grayish brown horses) with snaffle bridles.
Three women were working in the kitchen and a man was sitting at the table, sipping black coffee from a cup bigger than the dun's hoof.

3A subadult mayfly, which has drab coloration and opaque wings.In July the three creeks - DePuy's, Nelson's, and Armstrong's - produce clouds of mayflies called pale morning duns, which draw monster rainbows to the surface....

Later they take the emerging fly, the hatched dun (or ‘green drakes’) and the ovipositing (egg laying) spinner.
But they can live for a week in the preceding stage, as winged, asexual duns; and before then, some live underwater for two or three years as nymphs.

3.1An artificial fishing fly made to resemble a dun.

Origin

Old English dun, dunn, of Germanic origin; probably related to dusk.

donkey from late 18th century:
Before the late 18th century a donkey was an ass. At first the word donkey was used only in slang and dialect, and its origin is lost. Early references indicate that it rhymed with monkey, and this has prompted some to suggest that it comes from the colour dun (Old English) or from the man's name Duncan. The expression for donkey's years, ‘for a very long time’, is a pun referring to the length of a donkey's ears and playing on an old pronunciation of ears which was the same as that of years. The British expression yonks, with the same meaning, may derive from it. See also easel

Rhymes

dun2

/dʌn

verb (duns, dunning, dunned) [with object]

Make persistent demands on (someone), especially for payment of a debt: after he left Oxford he was frequently dunned for his debts...

Have I decided to stop dunning you for contributions?
They had been dunning me for a £10 bill I had naively thought I would leave to the next serious accounting.
The Vendome incident would haunt him for a long time, since well after he had served his prison sentence the Republican government would be dunning him for 500,000 francs, the cost of restoring the column.

Synonyms

importune, solicit, petition, press, pressurize, plague, pester, nag, harass, hound, badger, beset;

Northern English mither

informal hassle, bug

noun archaic

1A debt collector or an insistent creditor.

1.1A demand for payment.They start off with a dun from distributors for $2 at the door.

Origin

Early 17th century (as a noun): from obsolete Dunkirk privateer, from the French port of Dunkirk.

dun3

/dʌn

noun Archaeology

A stone-built fortified settlement in Scotland or Ireland, of a kind built from the late Iron Age to the early Middle Ages. The word is a frequent place-name element in Scotland and Ireland.Brochs, duns and wheel-houses can all be seen on South Uist, many of them on islands in the lochs....

The presence of an Iron Age dun on its western edge suggests that it also had a much earlier sentinel role.
Swindon - derived from the Saxon words swine dun meaning pig hill - was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, but it was not until the late 13 th century that it grew into a small town with a weekly market.

Origin

Late 18th century: from Irish dún, Scottish Gaelic dùn 'hill or hill fort'.

单词	dun
释义	dun1 /dʌn / adjective 1Of a dull greyish-brown colour: a dun cow... The prevailing greyish dun distances were relieved by colour, by small spots of cheerful intimacy in patches of cultivation the more precious for being sustained in such arduous circumstances. Into this dun world steps the elegant and cultured woman with vague ambitions to ‘tame inner-city thugs with recitations of poetry.’ In literature the era of ‘offensively Australian’ nationalism and tediously dun naturalism was over. Synonyms greyish-brown, brownish, dun-coloured, mud-coloured, mouse-coloured, mousy, muddy, khaki, umber 1.1 literary Dark or dusky: when the dun evening comes noun 1 [mass noun] A dull greyish-brown colour.A mutt the colour of dun stood near by, barking every now and again.... Surrounding the cone on three sides were high walls of volcanic rock forming an amphitheater almost a mile and a half wide, a subtle palette of dun, gray, and beige. 2A horse with a sandy or sandy-grey coat, black mane, tail, and lower legs, and a dark dorsal stripe.She was his mount, a unicorn mare with a dun's coat.... The Indians ride bareback on paints (white horses with dark colored markings) and duns (grayish brown horses) with snaffle bridles. Three women were working in the kitchen and a man was sitting at the table, sipping black coffee from a cup bigger than the dun's hoof. 3A subadult mayfly, which has drab coloration and opaque wings.In July the three creeks - DePuy's, Nelson's, and Armstrong's - produce clouds of mayflies called pale morning duns, which draw monster rainbows to the surface.... Later they take the emerging fly, the hatched dun (or ‘green drakes’) and the ovipositing (egg laying) spinner. But they can live for a week in the preceding stage, as winged, asexual duns; and before then, some live underwater for two or three years as nymphs. 3.1An artificial fishing fly made to resemble a dun. Origin Old English dun, dunn, of Germanic origin; probably related to dusk. donkey from late 18th century: Before the late 18th century a donkey was an ass. At first the word donkey was used only in slang and dialect, and its origin is lost. Early references indicate that it rhymed with monkey, and this has prompted some to suggest that it comes from the colour dun (Old English) or from the man's name Duncan. The expression for donkey's years, ‘for a very long time’, is a pun referring to the length of a donkey's ears and playing on an old pronunciation of ears which was the same as that of years. The British expression yonks, with the same meaning, may derive from it. See also easel Rhymes begun, bun, done, Donne, fine-spun, forerun, fun, gun, Gunn, hon, Hun, none, nun, one, one-to-one, outdone, outgun, outrun, plus-one, pun, run, shun, son, spun, stun, sun, ton, tonne, tun, underdone, Verdun, won dun2 /dʌn / verb (duns, dunning, dunned) [with object] Make persistent demands on (someone), especially for payment of a debt: after he left Oxford he was frequently dunned for his debts... Have I decided to stop dunning you for contributions? They had been dunning me for a £10 bill I had naively thought I would leave to the next serious accounting. The Vendome incident would haunt him for a long time, since well after he had served his prison sentence the Republican government would be dunning him for 500,000 francs, the cost of restoring the column. Synonyms importune, solicit, petition, press, pressurize, plague, pester, nag, harass, hound, badger, beset; Northern English mither informal hassle, bug noun archaic 1A debt collector or an insistent creditor. 1.1A demand for payment.They start off with a dun from distributors for $2 at the door. Origin Early 17th century (as a noun): from obsolete Dunkirk privateer, from the French port of Dunkirk. dun3 /dʌn / noun Archaeology A stone-built fortified settlement in Scotland or Ireland, of a kind built from the late Iron Age to the early Middle Ages. The word is a frequent place-name element in Scotland and Ireland.Brochs, duns and wheel-houses can all be seen on South Uist, many of them on islands in the lochs.... The presence of an Iron Age dun on its western edge suggests that it also had a much earlier sentinel role. Swindon - derived from the Saxon words swine dun meaning pig hill - was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, but it was not until the late 13 th century that it grew into a small town with a weekly market. Origin Late 18th century: from Irish dún, Scottish Gaelic dùn 'hill or hill fort'.
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