(chiefly Brit.)a firework that makes a loud bang, used mainly as a signal or warning (主英)(主要用于警告信号)告警响炮
语源
late 17th cent. (in the sense 'chestnut'): from French marron 'chestnut', via Italian from medieval Greek maraon. The sense relating to colour dates from the late 18th cent
maroon2 verb
[with obj.](常作 be marooned)leave (someone) trapped and isolated in an inaccessible place, especially an island 使受困,使陷入孤立无援境地 a novel about schoolboys marooned on a desert island. 一本关于男学童受困于荒岛的小说。
语源
early 18th cent.: from Maroon, originally in the form marooned 'lost in the wilds'