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bashful

英式英标[\'bæʃfl]
美式音标[\'bæʃfʊl; -f(ə)l]

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).

实用例句

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

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

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

4. She is rather bashful.: 她有点害羞.

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

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