fawn

noun · adjective · verbA1

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

fawns

1.
A young deer.
Đồng nghĩa: deerling
2.
A pale brown colour tinted with yellow, like that of a fawn.
3.
(obsolete)The young of an animal; a whelp.
4.
(intransitive, rare)A servile cringe or bow.
5.
(intransitive)Base flattery.

Tính từ

adjective

1.
(not comparable)Of the fawn colour.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

fawns

V_ing/Gerund

fawning

V_ed/pp

fawned

1.
(intransitive)To give birth to a fawn.
2.
(intransitive)(literal, of a dog) To show devotion or submissiveness by wagging its tail, nuzzling, licking, etc.
3.
(broadly, figuratively, intransitive)To exhibit affection toward someone.
4.
(broadly, figuratively, intransitive)To attempt to please someone.
5.
(broadly, derogatory, figuratively, intransitive)To seek favour by flattery and obsequious behaviour.
Đồng nghĩa: grovel, wheedle, soft-soap, toady, apple-polish, bootlick, bow and scrape, brownnose, butter up, dickride, duchess, fawn, fawn over, fellate, flannel, honey around, honey up, kiss someone's ass, kiss someone's ring, kiss up, kowtow, lick someone's ass, lick someone's balls, overflatter, overpraise, overrate, suck up, toady

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Đồng nghĩa

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English fawne, fowne, foun, from Old French faon, foon, feon, from *fētōnem, from Latin fētus (offspring, young), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (to suckle, nurse). Displaced native hindċealf. fetus.