bashful
adjective /ˈbæʃfl/
/ˈbæʃfl/
- shy and easily embarrassed
羞怯的；忸怩的 - He was too bashful to talk about sex.
他羞于谈论性。 - She looked bashful when he asked her what she wanted.
当他问她想要什么时，她显得害羞。 - When we asked her if she had a boyfriend, she came over all bashful and wouldn’t say a thing.
当我们问她是否有男朋友时，她很害羞，什么也不说。
词源late 15th cent.: from obsolete bash ‘make or become abashed’ (from abash) + -ful. - He was too bashful to talk about sex.