shamefaced

• adj. 謙遜的；害羞的；不惹眼的

拼寫受 face 影響，俗化自 shamefast,來自 shame,羞恥，羞愧，-fast,固定的，穩(wěn)固的。

shamefaced (adj.)

"modest, bashful," 1550s, folk etymology alteration of shamefast, from Old English scamf?st "bashful," literally "restrained by shame," or else "firm in modesty," from shame (n.) + -f?st, 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]

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

沉默持續(xù)了很長時間，而我父親看上去面帶愧色。

來自柯林斯例句

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

年輕男人一直低頭站在那里,滿臉羞澀, 唯唯諾諾.

來自辭典例句

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

別那么臉皮薄,你會做得很好的.

來自辭典例句

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

一個沒有結(jié)婚的年輕副牧師在這種事情上羞羞怯怯,這也許是正常的.

來自辭典例句

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

他們看了他一眼, 慚愧, 在他們眼中卻是一個奇怪的, 勝利的蔑視.

來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)