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

verb | noun

blushblush1 /blʌʃ/ ●○○ verb [intransitive]

ETYMOLOGYblush¹

Origin: Old English blyscan to become red, from blysa flame

VERB TABLE

blush

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	blush
	he, she, it	blushes
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	blushed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have blushed
	he, she, it	has blushed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had blushed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will blush
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have blushed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am blushing
	he, she, it	is blushing
	you, we, they	are blushing
Past	I, he, she, it	was blushing
	you, we, they	were blushing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been blushing
	he, she, it	has been blushing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been blushing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be blushing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been blushing

COLLOCATIONS► I blush to admit

I blush to admit I’ve never read any of her books.

1to become red in the face, usually because you are embarrassed SYN flush: He looked at her and blushed.2something that would make somebody blush something you say or do that is so shocking that even someone who says or does similar things would be shocked by it: language that would make a sailor blush3the blushing bride humorous a young woman on her wedding day4to feel ashamed or embarrassed about something: blush to do something I blush to admit I’ve never read any of her books. [Origin: Old English blyscan to become red, from blysa flame]—blushingly adverb

verb | noun

blushblush2 noun 1[countable] the red color on your face that appears when you are embarrassed, confused, or ashamed SYN flush: Susan confessed with a blush that she’d been watching him.2[countable, uncountable] cream or powder used for making your cheeks slightly red SYN rouge3at first blush formal when first thought of or considered: At first blush, this discovery seems to confirm his theory.4[countable, uncountable] blush wine