maroons
maroons — 名詞
1. a deep brownish-red colour, like chestnuts or dried blood
栗紅色
類似栗子的深紅棕色
a deep brownish-red colour, like chestnuts or dried blood
Fatima wore a maroon dress to her cousin's wedding in Rabat.
Fatima 穿著一件栗紅色的洋裝去參加她在拉巴特表親的婚禮。
The school's maroon and gold flag hung above the main entrance.
學校栗紅色與金色的旗幟懸掛在大門上方。
collocation: maroon and gold
Kwame painted his bedroom walls a deep maroon last weekend.
Kwame 上週末把臥室的牆壁漆成了深栗紅色。
collocation: deep maroon
The autumn leaves turned a rich maroon before falling to the ground.
秋天的樹葉在落下前變成了濃郁的栗紅色。
collocation: rich maroon
Dmitri chose a maroon leather cover for his new sketchbook.
Dmitri 為他的新素描本挑選了栗紅色的皮革封面。
collocation: maroon leather
- deep maroon
- dark maroon
- rich maroon
- bright maroon
- maroon dress
- maroon leather
常見錯誤
2. someone left alone in a remote place, especially an island, with no way to escap
被困者
被遺棄在荒島或偏遠地方的人
someone left alone in a remote place, especially an island, with no way to escape
The old sailor told stories of maroons who survived for years on tiny atolls.
老水手講述了那些在小環礁上存活多年的被困者的故事。
plural: maroons who survived
Ingrid read a novel about a maroon rescued after ten years alone on an island.
Ingrid 讀了一本關於一名在島上獨自待了十年後獲救的被困者的小說。
The film follows three maroons who build a raft from wreckage.
這部電影講述了三名被困者利用殘骸建造木筏的故事。
collocation: three maroons
Local fishermen found the maroon living in a cave above the beach.
當地漁民發現那名被困者住在海灘上方的一個洞穴裡。
Tariq's great-grandfather was a maroon who spent six months on a deserted coast.
Tariq 的曾祖父是一名在荒涼海岸上度過六個月的被困者。
用法筆記
This noun sense is directly derived from the verb 'maroon' (to strand). It is far less common than the verb form.
3. an enslaved African person in the Americas who ran away and helped build a hidde
馬龍人
逃離奴隸制並建立自由社區的美洲黑人
an enslaved African person in the Americas who ran away and helped build a hidden free settlement, or a person descended from such a community
Mei-Lin studied the maroon communities of Suriname for her history project.
Mei-Lin 為她的歷史專題研究了蘇利南的馬龍人社區。
collocation: maroon communities
Descendants of Jamaican maroons still celebrate their ancestors' freedom each year.
牙買加馬龍人的後裔每年仍然慶祝他們祖先的自由。
The maroons built their village high in the mountains, hidden from slave catchers.
馬龍人把村莊建在高山上，躲避奴隸獵人的追捕。
Javier wrote his thesis on maroon settlements in the Colombian rainforest.
Javier 的論文研究了哥倫比亞雨林中馬龍人的聚落。
collocation: maroon settlements
- maroon communities
- maroon settlements
- Jamaican maroons
- Surinamese maroons
用法筆記
A specific historical term for communities in the Caribbean, the Guianas, Brazil, Colombia, and parts of North America. Often capitalised ('Maroons') when referring to named groups.
maroons — 動詞
- maroonspresent simple I / you / we / they
- maroonses3rd person singular
- maroonsing-ing form
- maroonsedpast simple
1. to trap someone in a situation where they are cut off from all help and have no
困住；孤立
使人陷入孤立無援、無法逃脫的處境
to trap someone in a situation where they are cut off from all help and have no way out
Yara felt marooned in her new school, knowing nobody in the whole town.
Yara 在新學校裡感到孤立無援，整個鎮上一個認識的人都沒有。
figurative use: felt marooned
Heavy floods marooned the village, cutting off every road for a week.
洪水困住了村莊，所有道路中斷了整整一週。
passive sense with inanimate subject: floods marooned
Hiroshi was marooned at the airport overnight after his flight was cancelled.
Hiroshi 的航班取消後，他被困在機場過了一夜。
passive: was marooned at + place
Naledi's broken-down car left her marooned on a quiet country road.
Naledi 的車壞了，把她困在一條安靜的鄉間小路上。
causative: left her marooned
- be marooned in
- feel marooned
- be marooned at
文法句型
be marooned + in/at + place
feel marooned
用法筆記
Frequently passive. The subject can be a person, event, or circumstance. Unlike sense 2, this does not require a coastal or island setting and can describe accidental or figurative isolation.
常見錯誤
2. to deliberately leave someone on a remote shore or island with no means of getti
放逐荒島
故意將人遺棄在荒島或海岸上
to deliberately leave someone on a remote shore or island with no means of getting away
The captain marooned the rebellious sailor on a tiny speck of land.
船長把那名叛逆的水手放逐到一小塊陸地上。
maroon + someone + on + place
Amara's character is marooned on a rocky shore after the shipwreck.
Amara 飾演的角色在船難後被放逐到一處布滿岩石的海岸。
passive: be marooned on
Pirates used to maroon their enemies on empty islands without food or water.
海盜過去常把敵人放逐到沒有食物和水的荒島上。
used to + maroon for past habitual action
Sven's enemies marooned him on an empty coast with nothing but a flask of water.
Sven 的敵人把他放逐到一處空曠的海岸上，只留下一瓶水。
- maroon on an island
- maroon on a coast
- maroon on a shore
文法句型
maroon + someone + on + place
用法筆記
Distinguish from verb sense 1: this sense is specifically about leaving someone on a shore or island as a deliberate act. For accidental or non-coastal isolation, use sense 1.