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sheepish

英 ['ʃiːpɪʃ] 美
  • adj. 羞怯的;懦弱的

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副词: sheepishly;

英文词源


sheepish (adj.)
c. 1200, "resembling a sheep" in some perceived characteristic, from sheep + -ish. The sense of "bashful, over-modest, awkward among strangers" first is recorded 1690s. Related: Sheepishly; sheepishness. Old English had sceaplic "of a sheep, 'sheep-ly.'"

双语例句


1. Bobby looked at her with a sheepish grin.
博比望着她腼腆地咧嘴一笑。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Mary gave her a sheepish grin.
玛丽难为情地冲她咧嘴一笑。

来自《权威词典》

3. The couple leapt apart when she walked in on them and later came downstairs looking sheepish.
她走进屋时撞见这对情侣,搞得两人赶紧分开,后来又面带窘色地走下楼来。

来自柯林斯例句

4. " How sheepish men look when they fall, don't they? "
" 男人在跌倒的时候看上去多么胆怯啊, 是不? ”

来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

5. Tom was tugging at a button - hole and looking sheepish.
汤姆捏住一个钮扣眼使劲地拉,样子显得很害羞.

来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险

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