fawn /ˈfɔn, ˈfɑn/
 小鹿(vi.)奉承,鬧著玩,撒嬌


 Fawn, a. Of the color of a fawn; fawn-colored.


 Fawn n.
 1. Zool. A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See Buck.
 2. The young of an animal; a whelp. [Obs.]
    [The tigress] . . . followeth . . . after her fawns.   --Holland.
 3. A fawn color.


 Fawn, v. i.  To bring forth a fawn.


 Fawn, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fawned p. pr. & vb. n. Fawning.]  To court favor by low cringing, frisking, etc., as a dog; to flatter meanly; -- often followed by on or upon.
    You showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like hounds.   --Shak.
 Thou with trembling fear,
 Or like a fawning parasite, obeyest.   --Milton.
    Courtiers who fawn on a master while they betray him.   --Macaulay.


 Fawn, n. A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy.

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 fawn
      n 1: a color varying around light grayish brown; "she wore a dun
           raincoat" [syn: dun, grayish brown, greyish brown]
      2: young deer
      v 1: show submission or fear [syn: crawl, creep, cringe, cower,
            grovel]
      2: try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always
         kowtowing to his boss" [syn: toady, truckle, bootlick,
          kowtow, kotow, suck up]
      3: have fawns; "deer fawn"