maroon

えび茶色

茶色が少し混じった暗い赤色。

やさしい英語で： A dark red color with some brown in it.

• She chose maroon for the walls.
• The fabric comes in blue and maroon.
• This maroon looks almost brown in the shade.

類義語： reddish brown

よく使う表現： deep maroon, shade of maroon, dark maroon

マルーン

アメリカ大陸やカリブ海で奴隷身分から逃れた黒人、またはその子孫。

やさしい英語で： A Black person who escaped slavery in the Americas or Caribbean, or someone descended from them.

• The maroons built a village in the hills.
• A maroon guided the group through the forest.
• The museum explains how maroons resisted slavery.

類義語： Boschneger

よく使う表現： maroon community, escaped maroon, maroon settlement

えび茶色の

茶色が少し混じった暗い赤色の。

やさしい英語で： Dark red with some brown in it.

• He wore a maroon shirt.
• The curtains are maroon.
• She bought a pair of maroon shoes.

類義語： reddish-brown

よく使う表現： maroon shirt, maroon dress, maroon walls

置き去りにする

遠く離れた場所や無人の場所に、簡単には脱出できない状態で人を残すこと。

やさしい英語で： To leave someone in a faraway or empty place where they cannot easily escape.

• The pirates marooned him on an island.
• A broken engine left us marooned far from shore.
• They were marooned in a remote village for weeks.

使い方： maroon someone on something (The captain marooned two sailors on a small island.)

類義語： strand, abandon

反対語： rescue

よく使う表現： maroon someone, maroon on an island