| 单词 | marooned |
| 释义 | marooned (once / 7553 pages) adj Someone who's marooned is stranded. When a sailor's boat is washed up on the shore of a deserted island after a big storm, both the sailor and the boat are marooned. If a teenager is abandoned at the mall by her friends, you could describe her as marooned. A marooned cruise ship that's stuck on a rocky beach is probably full of marooned passengers. You could even call a group of people who've been neglected by society figuratively marooned: "The marooned citizens of the U.S. are stuck in poverty and dangerous neighborhoods." WORD FAMILYmaroon: marooned, marooning, maroons USAGE EXAMPLESIt 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) That Wall and Cousins — both marooned All-Stars with wobbling franchises — have considered playing together is of zero surprise. Washington Times(Nov 29, 2016) The telescope, marooned in permanent shade a million miles beyond the moon, will experience an infinite cold soak. New York Times(Nov 21, 2016) adj cut off or left behind travelers marooned by the blizzard Syn isolated, stranded unaccompanied being without an escort |
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