bashful

英 ['bæʃfʊl; -f(ə)l]美 ['bæʃfl]
  • adj. 害羞的，腼腆的
  • n. (Bashful)人名；(英)巴什富尔
TEM8 畅通词汇

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》