fawn
$ \mathrm{fawn}^1 |fôn|
noun
1. a young deer in its first year:
(離乳していない)子鹿(→ deer)
e.g. a six-month-old roe fawn.
2. a light yellowish-brown color:
淡黄褐色
e.g. soft shades of pale green and fawn
〖形容詞的に〗淡黄褐色の
e.g. as modifier : a fawn dress.
verb no object
(of a deer) produce young:
〈シカが〉子を産む
e.g. the forest was closed for hunting when the does were fawning.
PHRASES
in fawn
(of a deer) pregnant.
ORIGIN
late Middle English: from Old French faon, based on Latin fetus ‘offspring’; compare with fetus.
$ \mathrm{fawn}^2 |fôn|
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verb no object
(of a person) give a servile display of exaggerated flattery or affection, typically in order to gain favor or advantage:
｟けなして｠ 〈人が〉 «…に» へつらう, 媚（こ）びる «over, on, upon»
e.g. congressmen fawn over the President.
(of an animal, especially a dog) show slavish devotion, especially by crawling and rubbing against someone:
〈犬などが〉 【人に】じゃれつく, 甘える «on, upon»
e.g. the dogs started fawning on me.
ORIGIN
Old English fagnian ‘make or be glad’, of Germanic origin; related to fain.