英语词汇“sheepish”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

sheepish

(ʃiːpɪʃ )

adjective

If you look sheepish, you look slightly embarrassed because you feel foolish or you have done something silly.

The couple leapt apart when she walked in on them and later came downstairs looking sheepish.

Synonyms: embarrassed, uncomfortable, ashamed, silly

sheepishly graded adverb

He grinned sheepishly.

Collocations:

sheepish smile

He gave me a sweet, sheepish smile and said he'd forgotten his wife's birthday.

The Sun

Then a sheepish smile spread over the face of my father's opponent.

Christianity Today

Then he saw me, slowly raised a hand and sent me a sheepish smile.

Times, Sunday Times

He stops abruptly, shaking his head and offering a sheepish smile.

Times, Sunday Times

A sheepish smile halts, momen tarily, the tumbling words.

Times, Sunday Times

Translations:

Chinese: 困窘的

Japanese: 決まりが悪い

单词	sheepish
释义	sheepish (ʃiːpɪʃ ) adjective If you look sheepish, you look slightly embarrassed because you feel foolish or you have done something silly. The couple leapt apart when she walked in on them and later came downstairs looking sheepish. Synonyms: embarrassed, uncomfortable, ashamed, silly sheepishly graded adverb He grinned sheepishly. Collocations: sheepish smile He gave me a sweet, sheepish smile and said he'd forgotten his wife's birthday. The Sun Then a sheepish smile spread over the face of my father's opponent. Christianity Today Then he saw me, slowly raised a hand and sent me a sheepish smile. Times, Sunday Times He stops abruptly, shaking his head and offering a sheepish smile. Times, Sunday Times A sheepish smile halts, momen tarily, the tumbling words. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 困窘的 Japanese: 決まりが悪い
随便看	at the end of the day at the end of your rope at the end of your tether at the expense of at the hands of at the hands of someone at their own game at the latest at the mercy of someone at the moment at the most at the most at the outset at the outset/from the outset at the outside at the present at the ready at the receiving end at the request of sb at the risk of sth at the same time at the service of at the sharp end at the sharp end at the/this moment/present moment