abashed
adjective /əˈbæʃt/
/əˈbæʃt/
[not before noun]- embarrassed and ashamed because of something that you have done
羞愧；窘迫；尴尬 - He glanced at Juliet accusingly and she looked suitably abashed.
他怪罪地一瞥，朱丽叶自然显得很窘。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- a little
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词源Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French abaiss-; compare with Old French esbaiss-, lengthened stem of esbair, from es- ‘utterly’ + bair ‘astound’ + -ed. - He glanced at Juliet accusingly and she looked suitably abashed.