Maroonname詞源 2

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  A surname.

Maroonnoun詞源 2

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  A member of the Queensland State of Origin rugby league team, who wear maroon-coloured jerseys.

maroonnoun詞源 1/məˈɹuːn/

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  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.
  • Joining others who had escaped before them, they formed communities of Maroons in which many traditional African customs and social mores were preserved.
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  A castaway; a person who has been marooned (abandoned).

maroonadj詞源 1/məˈɹuːn/

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  Associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples.

  • 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” […]

maroonverb詞源 1/məˈɹuːn/

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  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.
  • After the harrowing stories of being marooned at sea and stranded in the frozen wastelands of Alaska and the Poles, one would think that survival on dry land would be easier […]

maroonnoun詞源 2/məˈɹuːn/

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  A rich dark red, somewhat brownish, color.

  • 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.

maroonadj詞源 2/məˈɹuːn/

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  Of a dark red or reddish-brown color.

maroonnoun詞源 3/məˈɹuːn/

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  nauticaltransportA 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.
  • As the evening falls, colored lamps and Chinese lanterns are lighted around the venerable oak which stands in the middle of the fairground and boys climb about among its topmost branches with maroons and Bengal lights.

maroonnoun詞源 4/məˈɹuːn/

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  derogatoryslangAn idiot; a fool.

  • At least, I would not be sleeping that night. Why did I have that espresso? What a maroon!