dun: English has two words dun. The colour adjective, ‘greyish brown’ [OE], comes ultimately from Indo-European *donnos, *dusnos, which is also the source of English dusk. The now rather dated noun, ‘debtcollector’ [17], is an abbreviation of dunkirk, a 17th-century term for a ‘privateer’, a privately owned vessel officially allowed to attack enemy shipping during wartime.
It was originally applied from such privateers that sailed from the port of Dunkirk, on the northern coast of France, to attack British ships, and its connotations of unwarranted piracy soon spread metaphorically to one who was constantly importuning for the repayment of his loan. => donkey, dusk, obfuscate
dun (v.)
"to insist on payment of debt," 1620s, perhaps related to dunnen "to sound, resound, make a din" (c. 1200, dialectal variant of din), or shortened from dunkirk (c. 1600) "privateer," a private vessel licensed to attack enemy ships during wartime, from Dunkirk, French port from which they sailed. The oldest theory traces it to a Joe Dun, supposedly a London bailiff famous for catching defaulters. Related: Dunned; dunning. As a noun from 1620s.
dun (adj.)
Old English dunn "dingy brown, dark-colored," perhaps from Celtic (compare Old Irish donn "dark;" Gaelic donn "brown, dark;" Welsh dwnn "brownish"), from PIE *donnos, *dusnos "dark."
dun 英文释义
1. horse of a dull brownish gray color
2. a color varying around light grayish brown;
"she wore a dun raincoat"
dun 双语例句
1. WEN SI DUN 4 lookings at the outside of the gauze curtain absent - mindedly .
温斯顿 心不在焉 地看着薄纱窗帘的外面.
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2. Mummy angry with papa, dun want to buy him birthday cake today.
今天是爸爸的生日?妈咪买蛋糕啦!
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3. Praise of White Poplar is a famous essay of Mao Dun.
《白杨礼赞》是茅盾先生的散文名篇.
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4. Internationally acclaimed composer, Tan Dun conducts his composition , 2000 Passion.
主持人:有请作曲家谭盾指挥演奏《天地与我为一》.
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5. Dun & amp ; Bradstreet is the largest mercantile agency in the United States.
丹·布瑞斯追特公司是美国最大的商业征信所.
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dun 实用场景例句
WEN SI DUN 4 lookings at the outside of the gauze curtain absent - mindedly .
温斯顿 心不在焉 地看着薄纱窗帘的外面.
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Mummy angry with papa, dun want to buy him birthday cake today.
今天是爸爸的生日?妈咪买蛋糕啦!
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Praise of White Poplar is a famous essay of Mao Dun.
《白杨礼赞》是茅盾先生的散文名篇.
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Internationally acclaimed composer, Tan Dun conducts his composition , 2000 Passion.
主持人:有请作曲家谭盾指挥演奏《天地与我为一》.
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Ambiguous as someone ask you you fill in love, you dun say.
暧昧是,别人问你们是否恋爱中, 你张口结舌.
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Dun's early literary career underwent the change from neo - romanticism back to naturalism.
茅盾早期的文学选择有过从“新浪漫主义”退回“自然主义”的变化.
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The Orc town of Dun Modr is destroyed.
兽人城市丹摩卓被摧毁.
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While here the mountain - shadows, broad and dun.
而在此,山峰的倒影, 阴郁而广阔.
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After Chinese New Year : dundun dunnnn.
自己想要的.自己去奋斗吧.
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Sheng YanBing , pen name Mao Dun.
沈雁冰, 笔名茅盾.
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There , head articles in Chinese newspapers by Ling , Mao Dun, and other friends mourned her death.
中国的报纸以显著地位刊登丁玲 、 茅盾等友人悼念她的文章.
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This paper discussed the origin , development and evolution characteristics of the Dun Mi fracture belts.
论述了敦密断裂带的发生 、 发展及演化特征.
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The talk will be moderated by the DUN Teratai assemblywoman - Jenice Lee Ying Ha.
这讲座将由莲花苑州议员李映霞主持.
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You dun have to change for him, if he love you he will accept your everything.
如果他是真心喜欢你那他会接受你的一切.
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They take me for a dun , peer out from a coign of vantage.
