sheepish

• adj. 羞怯的；懦弱的

词态变化

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