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

verb | noun | adjective

fawnfawn1 /fɔn, fɑn/ verb [intransitive]

ETYMOLOGYfawn¹

Origin: 1300-1400 French faon young animal, from Latin fetus; ➔ FETUS

VERB TABLE

fawn

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	fawn
	he, she, it	fawns
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	fawned
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have fawned
	he, she, it	has fawned
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had fawned
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will fawn
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have fawned

Continuous Form
Present	I	am fawning
	he, she, it	is fawning
	you, we, they	are fawning
Past	I, he, she, it	was fawning
	you, we, they	were fawning
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been fawning
	he, she, it	has been fawning
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been fawning
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be fawning
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been fawning

to praise and be friendly to someone in an insincere way, because you want him or her to like you or give you something: fawn on/over People were fawning over him, hoping for tickets.