sheepish 英 [ˈʃi:pɪʃ]   美 [ˈʃipɪʃ]

sheepish

sheepish  英 [ˈʃi:pɪʃ] 美 [ˈʃipɪʃ]

adj. 羞怯的;懦弱的 

Billy, the offender, came in afterwards, looking quite sheepish. 比利,也就是那名罪犯,随后也进来了,他看起来蛮羞怯的。
He says nothing. He looks a little guilty and sheepish; two looks you’ve never seen before. 他没说什么,看起来有一点内疚和羞怯;这两个表情你都从未见过。

  • Sheep aren't the smartest most confident creatures. They're always clustering together as if they're ashamed to be alone. When you're sheepish, you're like a sheep — embarrassed and not confident.
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  • adj. 羞怯的;懦弱的
  • 1. Billy, the offender, came in afterwards, looking quite sheepish.

    比利,也就是那名罪犯,随后也进来了,他看起来蛮羞怯的。

  • 2. He says nothing. He looks a little guilty and sheepish; two looks you’ve never seen before.

    他没说什么,看起来有一点内疚和羞怯;这两个表情你都从未见过。

  • 3. It showed patches of both goatish hair and sheepish wool.

    它表现为山羊的头发和绵羊的毛。

  • 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.'"
sheep·ish / ˈʃiːpɪʃ ; NAmE ˈʃiːpɪʃ / adjective looking or feeling embarrassed because you have done sth silly or wrong 窘迫的;难为情的;不好意思的 SYN shamefaced Mary gave her a sheepish grin. 玛丽难为情地冲她咧嘴一笑。 sheep·ish·ly / ˈʃiːpɪʃli ; NAmE ˈʃiːpɪʃli / adverb sheep·ish / ˈʃiːpɪʃ ; NAmE ˈʃiːpɪʃ / sheep·ish·ly / ˈʃiːpɪʃli ; NAmE ˈʃiːpɪʃli /
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