| 释义 |
ˈbashfulness
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
†1. bashfulness of: a timid or reverential shrinking back from (something). Obs.
1534Whittinton Tullyes Offyces i. (1540) 42 One parte of honesty..in the which is a basshfulnes of dishonesty. 1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. To Rdr., Led by such a clue of understanding, and softened by such a bashfulness of knowledge, that we may be wise and awful both in one.
2. The quality of being bashful (see sense 2).
1539Taverner Erasm. Prov. (1552) 26 Cast awaye bashfulness where nede constrayneth. 1590Shakes. Mids. N. iii. ii. 286 Haue you no modesty, no maiden shame, No touch of bashfulnesse? 1603Jas. I. in Ellis Orig. Lett. i. 244 III. 80 Awaye with chyldishe bashefullnes. 1792M. Wollstonecraft Rights Wom. vii. 275 Modesty is the graceful calm virtue of maturity; bashfulness, the charm of vivacious youth. 1814Scott Wav. xlii, An air of bashfulness, which was in reality the effect of want of habitual intercourse with the world. |