bashful
英 ['b??f?l; -f(?)l]
美['b??fl]
- adj. 害羞的，腼腆的
- n. (Bashful)人名；(英)巴什富尔
英英释意
- 1. self-consciously timid;
- "I never laughed, being bashful; lowering my head, I looked at the wall"- Ezra Pound
- 2. disposed to avoid notice;
- "they considered themselves a tough outfit and weren't bashful about letting anybody know it"; (`blate' is a Scottish term for bashful)