sheepish

单词sheepish

基本解释

adj.: 窘迫的；难为情的；不好意思的
网络: 羞怯的；局促不安的；胆怯的

权威解释

• 窘迫的；难为情的；不好意思的:

  looking or feeling embarrassed because you have done sth silly or wrong

英汉解释

• 怯懦的

• (像绵羊一样)驯顺的;胆怯的;愚钝的

• 羞怯的;腼腆的

• 不好意思,忸怩地,局促不安

同义词

adj.ashamedshamefacedembarrassedhangdogguilty

反义词

adj.unashamed

例句

• I glanced over at him as the woman departed. He looked sheepish but pleased.

  女人走后我瞥了他一眼，他看起来腼腆又愉快。

• What can I say? I love being there, "he said with a sheepish laugh. " And I"m not the only one.

  “怎么说呢？我喜欢那个地方，我不仅仅是我一个人喜欢那儿。”他似乎不好意思的说。

• When eminent visitors came to see us, we were a bit sheepish about the low production values.

  当某些大人物来访问我们的办公室的时候，我们对于这幢房子的层次确实深感汗颜。

• The hero is a lion. He was brought up with a mother sheep as a "lamb" by mistake. And he was as " sheepish " as a sheep.

  故事的主角儿是一头狮子。他阴差阳错地被一只母羊当作“羊羔”养大。所以，他也一般无二地具有羊类的怯懦。

• "I have plenty of time to exercise, but I"m too lazy, " he said with a sheepish grin at a Japanese fast food joint.

  “我有很多时间用来运动，但是我太懒了，”在一家日式快餐连锁店他腼腆地说。

• His wife looked sheepish as her mother-in-law loudly and ostentatiously excused her from various duties because her husband was home.

  一到家，他母亲大声宣布蠲免媳妇当天的各项任务，因为她丈夫回来了。

• It was a bubble, I would respond with a sheepish shrug, as if that were an adequate explanation.

  我面有惭色地耸耸肩，彷佛解释的很差强人意地答说，是泡沫化。

• I saw Cram a few days later skulking around the fifth floor of Leconfield House. He looked a little sheepish.

  数日之后，我看到克拉姆在莱肯菲尔德大厦6层楼上躲躲闪闪的，显得有些不好意思。

• It"s at about this point you"ll hear me say, "Why don"t you think about setting up a little online business? " with a sheepish grin.

  在这个时候你会听见我带着温顺的微笑说，“为什么你不考虑做一些网络事业呢？”

• A couple seemed a bit angry, a few looked sheepish , but most simply went on to do something else.

  有一两个似乎有些生气，有几个看来腼腆的，但是大部份孩子接著去做别的事就算了。