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》