dun

dun1
adjective
  1. of a dull greyish-brown colour
    暗褐色的，灰褐色的
    a dun cow.
    灰褐色的母牛。
    ■(poetic/literary)dark; dusky
    (诗／文)阴暗的，灰暗的
    when the dun evening comes.
    阴暗的傍晚来临时。
noun
  1. [mass noun]a dull greyish-brown colour
    暗褐色，灰褐色
  2. a thing that is dun in colour, in particular a horse with a sandy or sandy-grey coat, black mane, tail, and lower legs, and a dark dorsal stripe
    灰褐色的东西；（尤指背有深色条纹的）灰毛黑鬃矮马
    ■a sub-adult mayfly, which has drab coloration and opaque wings
    蜉蝣的亚成虫
    ■an artificial fishing fly imitating this
    仿蜉蝣亚成虫的假鱼饵
语源
  1. Old English dun, dunn, of Germanic origin; probably related to dusk
dun2
(dunned, dunning)
  1. [with obj.](一般作 be dunned)make persistent demands on (someone), especially for payment of a debt
    （一再）向…索取，（一再）向…讨债
    after he left Oxford he was frequently dunned for his debts.
    他离开牛津后，经常有人向他讨债。
noun
  1. (archaic)a debt collector or an insistent creditor
    (古)讨债者
    ■a demand for payment
    讨债
语源
  1. early 17th cent. (as a noun): from obsolete Dunkirk privateer, from the French port of Dunkirk
dun3
noun
  1. (Archaeology)a stone-built fortified settlement in Scotland or Ireland, of a kind built from the late Iron Age to the early Middle Ages. The word is a frequent place-name element in Scotland and Ireland
    (考古)（用石头加固的）设防高地（苏格兰与爱尔兰铁器时代晚期到中世纪早期的一种设防的居住区，dun一词用于构成苏格兰和爱尔兰多个地名）
语源
  1. late 18th cent.: from Irish dún, Scottish Gaelic dùn 'hill or hill fort'
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