| 单词 | maroon |
| 释义 | maroon (once / 2880 pages) 1nadj 2vn 3n To maroon is to strand someone in an isolated place, often a deserted island. Think of "Gilligan's Island," "Survivor," or "Lost" — TV shows that feature folks marooned on islands — and you've got the idea. Maroon can be a noun or verb, depending on how you use it. If you maroon your best friend on a deserted island, in addition to being a terrible friend, you're using the word as a verb. If this friend was wearing a brownish-red shirt at the time he was marooned, you would use the adjective maroon to describe the shirt's color. WORD FAMILYmaroon: marooned, marooning, maroons USAGE EXAMPLESThe elementary school students wear navy shirts, and the older children are in maroon. New York Times(Jun 06, 2016) It was the Spaniard's wonderfully timed cross that split Palace's defence, marooned goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey and invited Diego Costa to attack the gift. BBC(Dec 18, 2016) The evening before, players huddled together on the field, most of them wearing their maroon jerseys and sweatpants. Washington Post(Dec 16, 2016) 1 1n a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color Hyper purplish red, purplish-red a red with a tinge of purple 2adj of dark brownish to purplish red 2Syn brownish-red chromatic being or having or characterized by hue 1v leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue the travellers were marooned Syn|Hyper strand abandon, desert, desolate, forsake leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch 2v leave stranded on a desert island without resources The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island Hyper insulate, isolate place or set apart 3n a person who is stranded (as on an island) 3when the tide came in I was a maroon out there Hyper unfortunate, unfortunate person a person who suffers misfortune n an exploding firework used as a warning signal Hyper firework, pyrotechnic (usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc. |
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