sheepish
英 ['?i?p??]
美
- adj. 羞怯的；懦弱的
TEM8低頻詞暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
副詞:?sheepishly;
英文詞源
- 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.'"
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Bobby looked at her with a sheepish grin.
- 博比望著她靦腆地咧嘴一笑。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. Mary gave her a sheepish grin.
- 瑪麗難為情地沖她咧嘴一笑。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 3. The couple leapt apart when she walked in on them and later came downstairs looking sheepish.
- 她走進(jìn)屋時(shí)撞見(jiàn)這對(duì)情侶，搞得兩人趕緊分開(kāi)，后來(lái)又面帶窘色地走下樓來(lái)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. " How sheepish men look when they fall, don't they? "
- " 男人在跌倒的時(shí)候看上去多么膽怯啊, 是不? ”
來(lái)自英漢文學(xué) - 嘉莉妹妹
- 5. Tom was tugging at a button - hole and looking sheepish.
- 湯姆捏住一個(gè)鈕扣眼使勁地拉,樣子顯得很害羞.
來(lái)自英漢文學(xué) - 湯姆歷險(xiǎn)