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单词 fawn
释义
fawn
noun
uk
/fɔːn/us
/fɑːn/

fawnnoun(ANIMAL)

[C]
ayoungdeer
幼鹿
picture of fawn
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Animal young
  • baby
  • calf
  • calves
  • chick
  • colt
  • cygnet
  • foal
  • fry
  • gosling
  • hatchling
  • heifer
  • joey
  • litter
  • offspring
  • owlet
  • peachick
  • piglet
  • poult
  • spawn
  • whelp
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Deer & antelope

fawnnoun(COLOUR)

[U]
apaleyellowish-browncolour
鹿毛色，浅黄褐色
picture of fawn
desifoto/DigitalVision Vectors/GettyImages
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Less common colours
  • amethyst
  • apple green
  • argent
  • ashy
  • avocado
  • bisque
  • blue-black
  • claret
  • coppery
  • dun
  • earth tone
  • emerald
  • fiery
  • peach
  • saffron
  • sapphire
  • sepia
  • sky blue
  • tangerine
  • taupe
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fawn
adjective
uk
/fɔːn/us
/fɑːn/
having apaleyellowish-browncolour
鹿毛色的，浅黄褐色的
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Less common colours
  • amethyst
  • apple green
  • argent
  • ashy
  • avocado
  • bisque
  • blue-black
  • claret
  • coppery
  • dun
  • earth tone
  • emerald
  • fiery
  • peach
  • saffron
  • sapphire
  • sepia
  • sky blue
  • tangerine
  • taupe
See more results »
(Definition offawnfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

fawn| American Dictionary

fawn
noun[C]
us
/fɔn/

fawnnoun[C](DEER)

ayoungdeer
fawn
verb[I]
us
/fɔn/

fawnverb[I](PRAISE)

to give someone a lot ofattentionandpraiseinorderto get that person’sapproval:
Bigmoviestarsare fawned over by thewaitersat therestaurant.
(Definition offawnfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffawn

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They have only to humour and placate the individuals involved, fawning and toadying appropriately, and all will be well.
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I thoughtfawncolour was called mauve.
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Its ghastly, fawning apologies and its craven justifications will not be broadcast directly, so television interviewers will not be able to challenge it.
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When he does the obvious, he can hardly expect us tofawn.
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A red deerfawnlies down and keeps absolutely still and will not be found unless the wolf actually treads on it.
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They willfawnall over him and act all touchy-feely-cuddly.
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Fawning can be carried a little too far.
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He fawns upon them and makes them believe they are intelligent, when he knows that it is ignorance which is moving them.
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It seems that he has got on largely by fawning and flattery.
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On the other hand, we are not fawning and prostrate.
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I represent, for a time at any rate, a city which has had a great record as the forerunner of regionalfawnplanning.
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Underneath that shy,fawn-like exterior is a marketeer, red in tooth and claw.
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The sector is, of course, a section into which afawnis divided for the purpose of fire guarding.
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We have seen them fawning their way into a position of some little influence.
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They are often fawned upon by the media, to which they doubtless represent a fresh piece of news which will last for a day or a week or so.
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