| 词汇 | sheepishness |
| 释义 | sheepishness noun[ U ] uk /ˈʃiː.pɪʃ.nəs/ us /ˈʃiː.pɪʃ.nəs/ the quality of being sheepish (= embarrassed because you have done something wrong or silly): 窘迫，不好意思 The strangers greeted me with an odd mixture of sheepishness and defiance.陌生人以一种奇怪的羞怯兼蔑视的表情迎接我。 “I have another confession to make,” he said, looking at her with fake sheepishness. “我还要坦白一件事，”他说，假意害羞地看着她。 See sheepish They all displayed simultaneous expressions of shock, followed by sheepishness. With a mixture of sheepishness and pride, he and his wife admitted to having the book at home. He was angry with himself because of his inane sheepishness when she was around. Ashamed and embarrassed abash abashed ashamed awkward awkwardly guiltily guiltiness hangdog have egg on your faceidiom humbling mortified mortify mortifying not know where to put yourselfidiom pride sheepishly silly smallness squirm swallow your prideidiom Examples of sheepishnesssheepishness I was then reduced to a state of sheepishness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There can be discussion and note-swapping which help to overcome initial sheepishness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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