maroon
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–adjective
1. dark brownish-red.
2. Chiefly British.
a. a loudly exploding firework consisting of a cardboard container filled with gunpowder.
b. a similar firework used as a danger or warning signal, as by railway brakemen.
–verb (used with object)
1. to put ashore and abandon on
a
desolate island or coast by way of punishment or the like, as was done by buccaneers. (西印度海盜)
2. to place in an isolated and often dangerous position: The rising floodwaters marooned us on top of the house.
3. to abandon and leave without aid or resources: Having lost all his money, he was marooned in the strange city.
–noun
4. (often initial capital letter) any of a group of blacks, descended from fugitive slaves of the 17th and 18th centuries, living in the West Indies and Guiana, esp. in mountainous areas.
5. a person who is marooned: [Robinson] Crusoe lived for years as a maroon.
Eventually they all end up on a boat, sailing toward Sicily, and by now, it is fairly clear that Marge is superfluous, and that the two men, unable to acknowledge their sexual attraction, are expressing it through hostility. Tom overhears Philippe's plans for putting him ashore.
Philippe mistreats Tom, to see how much he'll put up with. Tom moves on Marge. Philippe banishes Tom to a rowboat, and while Marge and Philippe make love, the tow rope splits, and Tom is marooned [alone] in the ocean, the sun blistering his skin. Tom is rescued. Margeis put ashore.
ostracize
evict
evince
Avert
dun 暗褐色,討債者 The dun-[shaded] chromatic scheme seems part of the general [haplessness]
tawny 黃褐色 At 33, he has a tawny, domineering [fiancée]
ocher【礦】赭石,赭土 the ochre beauty of [Barcelona]
drab 黃褐色 (布)
tangerine
celadon
livid
swarthy
alabaster
a perfect alabaster [form], still taking blows from the sculptor's [chisel].
Meager
–adjective
1. dark brownish-red.
2. Chiefly British.
a. a loudly exploding firework consisting of a cardboard container filled with gunpowder.
b. a similar firework used as a danger or warning signal, as by railway brakemen.
–verb (used with object)
1. to put ashore and abandon on
a
desolate island or coast by way of punishment or the like, as was done by buccaneers. (西印度海盜)
2. to place in an isolated and often dangerous position: The rising floodwaters marooned us on top of the house.
3. to abandon and leave without aid or resources: Having lost all his money, he was marooned in the strange city.
–noun
4. (often initial capital letter) any of a group of blacks, descended from fugitive slaves of the 17th and 18th centuries, living in the West Indies and Guiana, esp. in mountainous areas.
5. a person who is marooned: [Robinson] Crusoe lived for years as a maroon.
Eventually they all end up on a boat, sailing toward Sicily, and by now, it is fairly clear that Marge is superfluous, and that the two men, unable to acknowledge their sexual attraction, are expressing it through hostility. Tom overhears Philippe's plans for putting him ashore.
Philippe mistreats Tom, to see how much he'll put up with. Tom moves on Marge. Philippe banishes Tom to a rowboat, and while Marge and Philippe make love, the tow rope splits, and Tom is marooned [alone] in the ocean, the sun blistering his skin. Tom is rescued. Margeis put ashore.
ostracize
evict
evince
Avert
dun 暗褐色,討債者 The dun-[shaded] chromatic scheme seems part of the general [haplessness]
tawny 黃褐色 At 33, he has a tawny, domineering [fiancée]
ocher【礦】赭石,赭土 the ochre beauty of [Barcelona]
drab 黃褐色 (布)
tangerine
celadon
livid
swarthy
alabaster
a perfect alabaster [form], still taking blows from the sculptor's [chisel].
Meager
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