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maroon adj.褐红色的n.褐红色；鞭炮；被放逐到孤岛的人v.使处于孤独无助之境；闲荡 (1) 水手们从残酷的船长手中夺过了指挥权，把他放逐到一个荒岛上。(2) 海盗过去惯常把人们遗弃在荒岛。 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.

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英 [mə'ruːn] 美 [mə'ruːn] (1) The sailors took command of the ship from the cruel captain and marooned him on a desert island.(2) Pirates used to maroon people on desert islands. 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. 1[COLOUR 颜色词]紫褐色；栗色 Something that is maroon is dark reddish-purple in colour. ...maroon velvet curtains.绛紫色的天鹅绒窗帘2[VERB 动词]困住；使无法逃脱 If someone is marooned somewhere, they are left in a place that is difficult for them to escape from.   [be V-ed prep/adv]  [V-ed]  [usu passive]Five couples were marooned in their caravans when the River Avon broke its banks.埃文河决堤的时候，有5对夫妇被困在了他们的房车里。...after years of being marooned on a desert island.在荒岛上被困数年之后

英语单词	maroon
英美音标	英 [mə'ruːn] 美 [mə'ruːn]
中文释义	adj.褐红色的 n.褐红色；鞭炮；被放逐到孤岛的人 v.使处于孤独无助之境；闲荡
英语例句	(1) The sailors took command of the ship from the cruel captain and marooned him on a desert island. (2) Pirates used to maroon people on desert islands.
中文例句	(1) 水手们从残酷的船长手中夺过了指挥权，把他放逐到一个荒岛上。 (2) 海盗过去惯常把人们遗弃在荒岛。
vocabulary简明	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.
vocabulary扩展	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.
柯林斯解释	1 [COLOUR 颜色词]紫褐色；栗色 Something that is maroon is dark reddish-purple in colour. ...maroon velvet curtains. 绛紫色的天鹅绒窗帘 2 [VERB 动词]困住；使无法逃脱 If someone is marooned somewhere, they are left in a place that is difficult for them to escape from. [be V-ed prep/adv] [V-ed] [usu passive] Five couples were marooned in their caravans when the River Avon broke its banks. 埃文河决堤的时候，有5对夫妇被困在了他们的房车里。 ...after years of being marooned on a desert island. 在荒岛上被困数年之后

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