fawn
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++fawn1 /fɔːn $ fɒːn/ noun 1. 
[countable]HBA a young deer 幼鹿2. [uncountable] a pale yellow-brown colour 浅黄褐色
[countable]HBA a young deer 幼鹿2. [uncountable] a pale yellow-brown colour 浅黄褐色Examples from the Corpus
fawn• Abandoned fawns have been reared on a bottle, only to die within a few months.• Colours were brutal and depressing; dank shades like dung and army-blanket fawn.• She has two young calves that look remarkably like fawns without spots.fawn2 adjective CChaving a pale yellow-brown colour 浅黄褐色的Examples from the Corpus
fawn• Her hair was a thick glossy bush of pale fawn brown, not quite shoulder-length.• A fawn jacket over the top.fawn3 verb [intransitive] PRAISEto praise someone and be friendly to them in an insincere way, because you want them to like you or give you something 巴结，讨好fawn on/over I refused to fawn over her or flatter her. 我不愿意讨好她或恭维她。 —fawning adjective→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
fawn• Everyone crowded round, fawning at him and readily taking up his offer of free drinks.• The Salomon salesmen fawn over the thrift men.• The adverts scold us and cajole us and wheedle us and fawn us to keep up with the Joneses.fawn on/over• Now she's fawning over her mistress again and whatever plans Horatia has, you may be sure Connell will help her.• People were fawning over him, hoping for tickets.• With just a few honourable exceptions, congressmen fawn over him whenever he comes to town.• She, poor woman, had at last found a grown-up man, and showed her pleasure by fawning on Porua.• The Salomon salesmen fawn over the thrift men.Origin fawn1 (1300-1400) French faon “young animal”, from Latin fetus; → FETUS fawn3 Old English fagnian “to show great happiness”, from fægen; FAIN Corpus young a deer
fawn
fawn1 /fɔːn $ fɒːn/ 
noun
1. [countable] a young deer
2. [uncountable] a pale yellow-brown colour
fawn2 adjective
having a pale yellow-brown colour
fawn3 verb [intransitive]
fawn on/over
I refused to fawn over her or flatter her.
—fawning adjective
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noun1. [countable] a young deer
2. [uncountable] a pale yellow-brown colour
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adjectivehaving a pale yellow-brown colour
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verb [intransitive] Language: Old English
Origin: fagnian 'to show great happiness', from fægen; FAIN
to praise someone and be friendly to them in an insincere way, because you want them to like you or give you somethingOrigin: fagnian 'to show great happiness', from fægen; FAIN
fawn on/over
—fawning adjective