maroon

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
美 /məˈɹəʉn/|/məˈɹʉːn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An escaped black slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of such a person.
    — Further north a Maroon community in the Bahoruco Mountains thrived for eighty-five years, until the French proposed a truce under the terms of which the Maroons would be permitted to form an independent clan.
  2. A rich dark red, somewhat brownish, color. countable,uncountable
    — Is it a really dark maroon or a lighter maroon or a maroon that leans toward the red side? Or the magenta side? To address this issue, scientists use something called a color space.
  3. A rocket-propelled firework or skyrocket, often one used as a signal (for example, to summon the crew of a lifeboat or warn of an air raid).
    — On Sunday afternoon a serious firework explosion occurred in Lambeth, whereby three persons were seriously injured. Two lads […] purchased a firework called a “maroon”, which is a bomb consisting of a small ball of string covered with a red composition. It is loaded with gunpowder, and there is also a fuse attached.
  4. An idiot; a fool. derogatory,slang
    — At least, I would not be sleeping that night. Why did I have that espresso? What a maroon!
  5. A castaway; a person who has been marooned (abandoned).
动词 v.
  1. To abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a desert island.
    — Hard-hit by the Arctic winter, the Waverley route was completely closed from January 6-9, when an avalanche between Whitrope and Riccarton marooned Class A2 4-6-2 No. 60535 Hornet's Beauty.
形容词 adj.
  1. Associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples. not-comparable
    — In her discussion of Michelle Cliff's Abeng, a novel that historicizes maroon culture and the Jamaican warrior heroine Nanny of the Maroons, Francoise Lionnet examines linguistic “metissage” […]
  2. Of a dark red or reddish-brown color.

词形变化

maroons plural Maroon alternative maroons present,singular,third-person marooning participle,present marooned participle,past marooned past maroons plural more maroon comparative most maroon superlative maroons plural maroons plural

词汇关系

衍生词
maroonage

词源

词源 1
From French marron (“feral; fugitive”, adjective), from Spanish cimarrón (“fugitive, wild, feral”); see that entry for more.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Byzantine Greek μάραον (máraon)bor.
Italian marronebor.
French marronbor.
English maroon
From earlier marone, marron, borrowed from French marron (“chestnut; brown”). Compare Spanish marrón. Doublet of marron (“sweet chestnut”).
词源 3
Unknown. Possibly related to the sense “castaway” (etymology 1), or owing to the fact that the color of a fired flare was commonly red (etymology 2).
词源 4
From an intentional mispronunciation of the word moron used by the cartoon character Bugs Bunny.
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