单词 | maroon |
释义 | maroon 1. adj. & n. --adj brownish-crimson. --n   1. this colour.   2. an explosive device giving a loud report. Etymology: F marron chestnut f. It. marrone f. med.Gk maraon 2. v. & n. --vtr.   1. leave (a person) isolated in a desolate place (esp. an island).   2. (of a person or a natural phenomenon) cause (a person) to be unable to leave a place. --n   1. a person descended from a group of fugitive slaves in the remoter parts of Surinam and the W. Indies.   2. a marooned person. Etymology: F marron f. Sp. cimarr{oacute}n wild f. cima peak |
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