Shamefaced
[ʃeɪm'feɪst;'ʃeɪm-] or ['ʃem'fest]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) showing a sense of shame .
(adj.) extremely modest or shy; 'cheerfully bearing reproaches but shamefaced at praise'- H.O.Taylor .
格思里整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) Easily confused or put out of countenance; diffident; bashful; modest.
整理:理查德
例句/造句/用法:
- All the while, the young man stood by, shamefaced and down-at-heel, submitting. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Do not be so shamefaced. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Finally, with a shamefaced apology for his weakness, he rose once more. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- Our visitor gave a rather shamefaced laugh. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
整理:理查德