bashful

• adj. 害羞的，腼腆的
• n. (Bashful)人名；(英)巴什富尔

来自词根bat, 张嘴，拟声词，指窘迫，害羞，词源同abeyance.

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).

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》