bashful
英 ['b??f?l; -f(?)l]
美 ['b??fl]
- adj. 害羞的，靦腆的
- n. (Bashful)人名；(英)巴什富爾
中文詞源
bashful 害羞的來自詞根bat, 張嘴，擬聲詞，指窘迫，害羞，詞源同abeyance.
英文詞源
- bashful
- bashful: see abash
- bashful (adj.)
- 1540s, with -ful + baishen "to be filled with consternation or dismay" (mid-14c.), from Old French baissier "bring down, humiliate" (see abash). An unusual case of this suffix attached to a verbal stem in the passive sense. Related: Bashfully; bashfulness (1530s).
雙語例句
- 1. He seemed bashful and awkward.
- 他看起來靦腆且局促不安。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Don't be bashful — speak up for yourself.
- 別害羞——你有話說出來啊.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. She is bashful in doing [ to do ] anything.
- 她干什么事都害羞.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. She is rather bashful.
- 她有點害羞.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. Out with it. Don't be bashful.
- 有話快說, 別扭扭捏捏的.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》