bashful

英 ['bæʃfʊl; -f(ə)l] 美 ['bæʃfl]
  • adj. 害羞的,腼腆的
  • n. (Bashful)人名;(英)巴什富尔

中文词源


bashful 害羞的

来自词根bat, 张嘴,拟声词,指窘迫,害羞,词源同abeyance.

英文词源


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).

双语例句


1. He seemed bashful and awkward.
他看起来腼腆且局促不安。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Don't be bashful — speak up for yourself.
别害羞——你有话说出来啊.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. She is bashful in doing [ to do ] anything.
她干什么事都害羞.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4. She is rather bashful.
她有点害羞.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5. Out with it. Don't be bashful.
有话快说, 别扭扭捏捏的.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

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