fawn

英 [fɔːn]

美 [fɔːn]

adj.  浅黄褐色的
n.  (不足一岁的)幼鹿; 浅黄褐色
v.  恭维; 讨好; 巴结

现在分词：fawning　复数：fawns　过去式：fawned　过去分词：fawned　第三人称单数：fawns　

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牛津词典

adj.

• 浅黄褐色的
  light yellowish-brown in colour
  1. a fawn coat
     浅黄褐色外套

noun

• （不足一岁的）幼鹿
  a deer less than one year old
• 浅黄褐色
  a light yellowish-brown colour

verb

• 恭维；讨好；巴结
  to try to please sb by praising them or paying them too much attention

柯林斯词典

• COLOUR 浅黄褐色
  Fawnis a pale yellowish-brown colour.
  1. ...a light fawn coat.
     浅黄褐色大衣
• N-COUNT 幼鹿
  Afawnis a very young deer.
  1. The fawn ran to the top of the ridge.
     小鹿跑上山脊。
• VERB 逢迎;巴结;讨好;拍…的马屁
  If you say that someonefawns overa powerful or rich person, you disapprove of them because they flatter that person and like to be with him or her.
  1. People fawn over you when you're famous...
     你出了名，大家就会来讨好你。
  2. Nauseatingly fawning journalism that's all it is.
     那只不过是以令人作呕的溜须拍马为能事的新闻报道。

英英释义

noun

• a young deer
• a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color
  1. she wore dun
  Synonym:dungreyish browngrayish brown

verb

• have fawns
  1. deer fawn
• try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
  1. He is always kowtowing to his boss
  Synonym:toadytrucklebootlickkowtowkotowsuck up
• show submission or fear
  Synonym:crawlcreepcringecowergrovel

双语例句

• Because women fawn over them, they reason that any woman would be happy to have them.
  因为是女人去讨好他们，所以他们就推想任何女人拥有了他们都会感到快乐。
• Only a few said they would miss their boss, and even fewer opted to fawn.
  只有几个员工说他们会想念他们的老板，选择说奉承话的员工就更少了。
• Nauseatingly fawning journalism that's all it is.
  那只不过是以令人作呕的溜须拍马为能事的新闻报道。
• Look, a wolf is a after a fawn!
  看，一条狼在追一头小鹿！
• I'm not one of those girls who like to fawn and fall over him at all; it was a mistake that I even looked at him.
  我不是爱上他和奉承他的那些女孩中的一个；这只是一个错误的凝视。
• On the contrary, the way more serious journalists fawn over the new president offers an irresistible target.
  相反，严肃记者对总统的拍马奉承给了他们一个再好不过的目标。
• Stretched on the ground was another fawn, and we realized that the doe had just finished twinning.
  还在地上打滚的是另一只小鹿，我们这才了解到这只母鹿才刚刚完成分娩。
• He said you fawn on the manager in order to get a promotion.
  他说你为了获得提拔，拍经理的马屁。
• Blue Flower had a pet fawn.
  蓝花有只宠物小鹿。
• He will not be afraid to speak the truth and he will not fawn on others.
  他不怕说真话，也不会去奉承或讨好别人。