maroon
maroon1
adjective
maroon2
verb
adjective
- of a brownish-crimson colour
栗色的
- [mass noun]a brownish-crimson colour
栗色 - (chiefly Brit.)a firework that makes a loud bang, used mainly as a signal or warning
(主英)（主要用于警告信号）告警响炮
- late 17th cent. (in the sense 'chestnut'): from French marron 'chestnut', via Italian from medieval Greek maraon. The sense relating to colour dates from the late 18th cent
maroon2
verb
- [with obj.](常作 be marooned)leave (someone) trapped and isolated in an inaccessible place, especially an island
使受困，使陷入孤立无援境地
a novel about schoolboys marooned on a desert island.
一本关于男学童受困于荒岛的小说。
- early 18th cent.: from Maroon, originally in the form marooned 'lost in the wilds'
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