fawn

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

fawn [fawn fawns fawned fawning] adjective, noun, verb BrE [fɔːn] NAmE [fɔːn]
adjective
light yellowish-brown in colour
•a fawn coat

Word Origin:
adj. and n. late Middle English Old French faon Latin fetus ‘offspring’ ↑fetusv. Old English fagnian ‘make or be glad’ Germanic ↑fain
 
noun
1. countable a ↑deer less than one year old
2. uncountable a light yellowish-brown colour

Word Origin:
adj. and n. late Middle English Old French faon Latin fetus ‘offspring’ ↑fetusv. Old English fagnian ‘make or be glad’ Germanic ↑fain
 
verb intransitive ~ (on/over sb) (disapproving)
to try to please sb by praising them or paying them too much attention
•He seemed unaware of the girl's fawning admiration.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
adj. and n. late Middle English Old French faon Latin fetus ‘offspring’ ↑fetusv. Old English fagnian ‘make or be glad’ Germanic ↑fain

Example Bank:
•Why is everybody fawning over him as if he's a national hero?

 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  dun, greyish brown, grayish brown, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel