sheepish
英 ['ʃiːpɪʃ]
美
- adj. 羞怯的；懦弱的
词态变化
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