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单词 sheepish
释义
sheepish
adjective
uk
/ˈʃiː.pɪʃ/us
/ˈʃiː.pɪʃ/
embarrassedbecause youknowthat you have done somethingwrongorsilly:
（因做错事或傻事而）窘迫的，不好意思的
She gave me a sheepishsmileandapologized.她窘迫地笑了一下，道了歉。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
ashamed
  • ashamedHe was ashamed that he had been caught stealing.
  • embarrassedI was too embarrassed to admit I was wrong.
  • abashedShe looked at the floor, abashed.
  • shamefacedHe stood shamefaced at the door, looking at the vase he had just knocked to the ground.
  • sheepishShe startled, then gave him a sheepish smile as she picked up her dropped papers.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Ashamed and embarrassed
  • abash
  • abashed
  • ashamed
  • awkward
  • awkwardly
  • egg
  • guiltiness
  • hangdog
  • have egg onyourfaceidiom
  • humbling
  • look
  • looksomeonein the eye/faceidiom
  • meet
  • mortifying
  • not know where to putyourselfidiom
  • pride
  • shamefaced
  • shamefacedly
  • squirm
  • swallowyourprideidiom
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Related words

sheepishly
sheepishness
(Definition ofsheepishfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

sheepish| American Dictionary

sheepish
adjective
us
/ˈʃi·pɪʃ/
embarrassedbecause yourealizeyou have done somethingwrongorsilly:
a sheepishgrin

sheepishly

adverbus
/ˈʃi·pɪʃ·li/
He sheepishlyadmittedhe hadn’t done hishomework.
(Definition ofsheepishfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsheepish

sheepish
Hesitant, uncertain, embarrassed, one might even saysheepishand then turning more than half circle to munificent support and positive action.
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My failure to do so makes me feel verysheepish.
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It is true that it is announced in a rathersheepish, hole and corner way.
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Although they are a bitsheepishabout claiming to be planners, they still claim it.
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He must be feeling a littlesheepishnow about having so slavishly read out what was obviously a pretty dud brief.
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Hansard archive
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Thesheepishlooks of his colleagues show that they know it too.
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He wassheepish, defensive, ill at ease and almost honourably embarrassed about the task that he was facing and the record that he was having to defend.
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He is looking a bitsheepishtonight.
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He is discovered there, and easily captured in a daze, with asheepishsmile on his face.
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But he learns about the car crash later and feelssheepish.
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A turn that leaves you facing your stereotypes and feeling a littlesheepish.
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Nanda issheepishand embarrassed.
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