Maroon

(noun.) an exploding firework used as a warning signal.

(noun.) a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color.

(noun.) a person who is stranded (as on an island); 'when the tide came in I was a maroon out there'.

(verb.) leave stranded on a desert island without resources; 'The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island'.

(verb.) leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue; 'the travellers were marooned'.

(adj.) of dark brownish to purplish red .

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• Jo in maroon, with a stiff, gentlemanly linen collar, and a white chrysanthemum or two for her only ornament. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• The front should have either _dark_ blue, maroon, or green baize curtains, so made as to draw right across. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• The interior of the cabinet should be of one uniform color, if possible of a dark blue or dark maroon. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Maroon ink may be made by mixing equal quantities of black, blue, and red inks; yellow by adding 1-1/4 drachms of picric acid to 1 pint of hot water. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Then said Captain Maroon, 'Now, how much time do you want to make the other twenty in? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.

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