Word · Frequency #12990
duns
灰褐色;暗褐色
duns is the plural of dun.
A brownish grey or dull brown colour.
- 1.
A brownish grey colour.
棕灰色
- 2.
A collector of debts, especially one who is insistent and demanding.
催债者,尤其是坚持和苛求的
- 3.
A newly hatched, immature mayfly; a mayfly subimago.
刚孵化的未成熟蜉蝣;蜉蝣亚成虫
- 4.
An ancient or medieval fortification; especially a hill-fort in Scotland or Ireland.
古代或中世纪的防御工事,尤其是苏格兰或爱尔兰的山堡
- 5.
A mound or small hill.
土丘或小山
- 6.
An urgent request or demand of payment.
紧急的付款请求或要求
- 7.
A fly made to resemble the mayfly subimago.
模仿蜉蝣亚成虫的苍蝇
- 8.
A structure in the Orkney or Shetland islands or in Scotland consisting of a roundhouse surrounded by a circular wall; a broch.
奥克尼或设得兰群岛或苏格兰的结构,由圆屋和环形墙组成;堡垒
讨债人;催债者;催讨;催款;蜉蝣亚成虫;仿蜉蝣钓饵;蜉蝣拟饵;小丘;土丘
In use
The farmer's favorite horse was a sturdy dun.
She chose a soft dun for the walls of her study.
In the meadow, several duns grazed peacefully.
Connections
Collocations
- shade of dun
- 灰褐色;一种灰褐色色调
- The moth’s wings are a shade of dun that blends with the tree bark.这种蛾的翅膀呈灰褐色,能与树皮融为一体。
- receive a dun
- 收到催款通知
- After months of unpaid rent, he received a dun from the landlord.拖欠房租数月后,他收到了房东的催款通知。
- send a dun
- 发出催款通知
- The supplier said she would send a dun if the invoice remained unpaid.供应商说,如果发票仍未付款,她就会发出催款通知。
- hatching dun
- 正在孵化的蜉蝣(亚成虫)
- Trout began feeding on the hatching duns that drifted downstream.鳟鱼开始捕食顺流漂下的刚孵化的蜉蝣。
Synonyms
- taupe
- 褐灰色 · 比 dun 更常用于时尚或室内设计语境,略带暖意,口语中不如 dun 常用。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想:讨债人(dun)脸色灰褐(dun),总是一脸阴沉地催款。
Context & Register
语域:mixed 常见场景:colour description、debt collection (formal)、entomology / fly fishing、historical or archaeological text dun 作名词时有多个义项,语域不完全相同:表示“灰褐色”时通常用于日常颜色描写;表示“讨债人”或“催款要求”多用于正式或书面语境;表示“蜉蝣亚成虫”或“古堡/山丘”则比较常见于专业或历史语境。实际使用中需根据上下文判断。
Grammar Note
常指暗褐色的马
Pronunciation & Spelling
dun 与 sun、run、fun、gun、bun、nun 都押 /ʌn/ 韵,其中 u 都发短音 /ʌ/。注意 dune /duːn/(或 /djuːn/)拼写相近,但发长音,与 dun 不押韵。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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