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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionaryma·roon I \mə-ˈrün\ noun ETYMOLOGY probably from French maron, marron feral, fugitive, modification of American Spanish cimarrón wild, savage DATE 16661. capitalized : a fugitive black slave of the West Indies and Guiana in the 17th and 18th centuries; also : a descendant of such a slave2. a person who is marooned II transitive verb DATE circa 17091. to put ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave to one's fate2. to place or leave in isolation or without hope of ready escape III noun ETYMOLOGY French marron Spanish chestnut DATE 1779: a dark redEnglish Etymologymaroon 1. maroon (n.) 1594, "large sweet chestnut of southern Europe," from Fr. marron "chestnut," from dialect of Lyons, ult. from a word in a pre-Roman language, perhaps Ligurian; or from Gk. maraon"sweet chestnut." Sense of "very dark reddish-brown color" is first recorded 1791, from Fr. couleur marron. 2. maroon (v.) "put ashore on a desolate island or coast," 1724 (implied in marooning), from maron (n.) "fugitive black slave in the jungles of W.Indies and Dutch Guyana" (1620s), from Fr.marron, said to be a corruption of Sp. cimmaron "wild, untamed," from O.Sp. cimarra "thicket," probably from cima "summit, top" (from L. cyma "sprout"), with a notion of living wild in the mountains. Related: Marooned.Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7maroonma·roon / mE5ru:n / adjective dark brownish-red in colour 紫褐色的；褐红色的noun1. [U] a dark brownish-red colour 褐红色；紫褐色2. [C] a large firework that shoots into the air and makes a loud noise, used to attract attention, especially at sea (海上作为信号的)鞭炮verb[VN] [usually passive] to leave sb in a place that they cannot escape from, for example an island 困住；使无法逃脱 SYN strand : 'Lord of the Flies' is a novel about English schoolboys marooned on a desert island. 《蝇王》是一本关于一群被困在荒岛上的英国男学童的小说。 Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Editionn. Function: verb Synonyms: CAMP, bivouac, ||bivvy, encamp, ||laager, tentWebster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridgedma·roonI. \məˈrün\ noun(-s)Etymology: modification of American Spanish cimarrón, from cimarrón, adjective, wild, savage, literally, living on mountaintops, from Spanish cima top, summit, from Latin cyma young sprout of cabbage — more at cyme1. usually capitalized a. : a fugitive Negro slave of the West Indies and Guiana in the 17th and 18th centuries b. : a descendant of such a slave living in the West Indies and especially in the mountains of Jamaica or in Guiana and especially in Surinam2. South : marooning party3. : a person who is marooned < books suited to the life of a maroon on a desert island — T.H.Savory >II. verb(-ed/-ing/-s)transitive verb1. : to put ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave to one's fate < marooned by mutineers with only a week's supply of food >2. : to place or leave in isolation or without hope of escape < marooned in Europe by the chances of war — S.H.Adams > < marooned more than 200 motorists and truckers in the little community for several days — American Guide Series: Michigan >intransitive verb1. : to escape from slavery < they marooned and fled into the hills >2. South a. : picnic b. : to camp out for some days3. : to live in idleness < marooning about the town >III. nounor mar·roon \“\(-s)Etymology: French marron, literally, Spanish chestnut1. : a firework that consists of a pasteboard box wound with strong twine and filled with gunpowder < the banging of maroons would warn us of the coming of a raid — H.G.Wells >2. a. : a variable color averaging a dark red that is yellower and duller than cranberry, average garnet, or average wine and duller and slightly yellower than pomegranate — called also marron b. of textiles : a dark red to purplish red that is duller than plum violet

A From To Verb Noun Marron Slave Island