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fawn

adjective
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  1. light yellow-brown in colour浅黄褐色的
    • a fawn coat浅黄褐色外套
    Topics Colours and Shapesc2
    Word Originadjective late Middle English: from Old French faon, based on Latin fetus ‘offspring’; compare with fetus.

fawn

noun
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  1. [countable] a deer less than one year old（不足一岁的）幼鹿Topics Animalsc2
  2. [uncountable] a light yellow-brown colour浅黄褐色Topics Colours and Shapesc2
    3. Word Originnoun late Middle English: from Old French faon, based on Latin fetus ‘offspring’; compare with fetus.

fawn

verb
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[intransitive] (disapproving)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they fawn
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he / she / it fawns
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past simple fawned
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past participle fawned
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-ing form fawning
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  1. fawn (on/over somebody) to try to please somebody by praising them or paying them too much attention恭维；讨好；巴结
    • He seemed unaware of the girl’s fawning admiration.他似乎没有意识到那女孩对他一味讨好、满怀仰慕。
    • Why is everybody fawning over him as if he were a national hero?为什么每个人都像他是民族英雄一样讨好他？
    Word Originverb Old English fagnian ‘make or be glad’, of Germanic origin; related to fain.