dun

Word family noundunningadjectivedunnishdun

Related topics: Colours

dun /dʌn/ noun [uncountableU] → done

CCa brownish-grey colour 暗褐色，棕灰色

—dun adjectiveadj

Examples from the Corpus

dun• The claret dun nymph is at home in slow, peaty streams.• He wore erratically laced army boots, and olive-green fatigues, and a heavy-knit dun brown sweater.• Green, a dull gray or dun.• The rest tended to be solid red or dun, except for the black Døle.• When the dun evening comes the kids go down to the irrigation channels for some bilharzia bathing.• The dun stag stayed back, sidestepping like a boxer.• The attendants were a uniform dun and grey, steel rings of keys at their waists.

From Longman Business Dictionary

dundun /dʌn/ verb (dunned, dunning) [transitiveT] American EnglishAmE informal British EnglishBrE old fashioned

to demand payment of an unpaid debt

The IRS dunned the corporation for $6.3 million in back tax and penalties.

Origin dun

Old English dunn

单词	dun
释义	dun Word family noundunningadjectivedunnishdun Related topics: Colours dun /dʌn/ noun [uncountableU] → done CCa brownish-grey colour 暗褐色，棕灰色 —dun adjectiveadj Examples from the Corpus dun• The claret dun nymph is at home in slow, peaty streams.• He wore erratically laced army boots, and olive-green fatigues, and a heavy-knit dun brown sweater.• Green, a dull gray or dun.• The rest tended to be solid red or dun, except for the black Døle.• When the dun evening comes the kids go down to the irrigation channels for some bilharzia bathing.• The dun stag stayed back, sidestepping like a boxer.• The attendants were a uniform dun and grey, steel rings of keys at their waists. From Longman Business Dictionary dundun /dʌn/ verb (dunned, dunning) [transitiveT] American EnglishAmE informal British EnglishBrE old fashioned to demand payment of an unpaid debt The IRS dunned the corporation for $6.3 million in back tax and penalties. Origin dun Old English dunn
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