shamefaced

• adj. 谦逊的；害羞的；不惹眼的

词态变化

中文词源

拼写受 face 影响，俗化自 shamefast,来自 shame,羞耻，羞愧，-fast,固定的，稳固的。

英文词源

shamefaced (adj.)

"modest, bashful," 1550s, folk etymology alteration of shamefast, from Old English scamfæst "bashful," literally "restrained by shame," or else "firm in modesty," from shame (n.) + -fæst, adjectival suffix (see fast (adj.)). Related: Shamefacedly; shamefacedness.

shamefaced, -fast. It is true that the second is the original form, that -faced is due to a mistake, & that the notion attached to the word is necessarily affected in some slight degree by the change. But those who, in the flush of this discovery, would revert to -fast in ordinary use are rightly rewarded with the name of pedants .... [Fowler]

双语例句

1. There was a long silence, and my father looked shamefaced.

沉默持续了很长时间，而我父亲看上去面带愧色。

来自柯林斯例句

2. And a While , the young man stood by , shamefaced , and downat - heel , submitting.

年轻男人一直低头站在那里,满脸羞涩, 唯唯诺诺.

来自辞典例句

3. Do not be so shamefaced. You'll do it very well.

别那么脸皮薄,你会做得很好的.

来自辞典例句

4. It might be very well for an unmarried young curate to be shamefaced in such matters.

一个没有结婚的年轻副牧师在这种事情上羞羞怯怯,这也许是正常的.

来自辞典例句

5. They glanced at him, shamefaced, yet in their eyes was an odd, triumphant defiance.

他们看了他一眼, 惭愧, 在他们眼中却是一个奇怪的, 胜利的蔑视.

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