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A fawn is a baby deer. The word is also used for a pale yellowish-brown color, similar to a fawn's coat. As a verb, 'to fawn over someone' means to give them too much praise, attention, or affection in an , overly eager way, usually because you want something from them - it has a negative feeling, like fake flattery.
(名詞)小鹿；淺黃褐色(顏色); (動詞)fawn over sb = 過度奉承、諂媚討好
組成The animal and color sense, and the 'flatter' sense, are two separate old words that happen to be spelled the same way today.
原始詞典資料11 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
fawnnoun詞源 1/fɔːn/
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A young deer.
- The city recently carried out a deer census, determining there are 313 stags (males), 798 does (females) and 214 fawns (babies) in Nara Park.
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A pale brown colour tinted with yellow, like that of a fawn.
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obsoleteThe young of an animal; a whelp.
- she [the tigress] rageth upon the shore and the sands, for the losse of her fawnes
fawnadj詞源 1/fɔːn/
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Of the fawn colour.
fawnverb詞源 1/fɔːn/
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To give birth to a fawn.
fawnverb詞源 2/fɔːn/
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To show devotion or submissiveness by wagging its tail, nuzzling, licking, etc.
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To exhibit affection toward someone.
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To attempt to please someone.
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derogatoryTo seek favour by flattery and obsequious behaviour.
- You showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like hounds.
- Thou with trembling fear, / Or like a fawning parasite, obeyest.
fawnnoun詞源 2/fɔːn/
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rareA servile cringe or bow.
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Base flattery.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。