blushing
present participle ofblush
| 单词 | blushing |
| 释义 | blushing present participle ofblush blush verb[I] uk/blʌʃ/us/blʌʃ/B2 tobecomepinkin theface, usually fromembarrassment: I always blush when Ispeakinpublic. I blushtothinkof what afoolI made of myself.
Expressing and showing feelings
Examplesofblushingblushing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Blushingat the practical limitations of naked postmodernism, these thinkers want to redress the movement, clothing it in all-weather, action-ready cosmopolitanism. From theCambridge English Corpus Often people have sort of behavioural difficulties likeblushingin public or people say they are easily embarrassed or get very nervous. From theCambridge English Corpus We included papers reporting at least one outcome measure of symptoms among patients with facialblushingor sweating in the face, hands, or elsewhere (trunk or feet). From theCambridge English Corpus Follow-up was commonly less than 2 years, during which time excessive sweating and facialblushingseemed to decrease among most patients. From theCambridge English Corpus In fact, 'femininity', in its pretty,blushing, talkative, tearful way, was shown still to be the most effective tool of all for the career woman. From theCambridge English Corpus As a result, he treats her contemptuously, believing her to be a coquette rather than theblushinginnocent who had attracted his attention in the beginning. From theCambridge English Corpus Why should they be suchblushingbrides in the face of the results of their own detailed negotiations and ingenuity? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That, perhaps, constitutes a triumph of technical virtuosity, for which those responsible may take theirblushingcredit unseen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We lose our modesty before we get here, and we know very little aboutblushing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He is left standing in a state ofblushingembarrassment with nothing to conceal the inadequacies of his case. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are noblushingviolets, but we are also no bulldozers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 At last, he can read that speech of his in 1946 withoutblushingabout it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not know whether he has the laurels on hisblushingbrow, or whether theblushinglaurels are on his brow. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The question was greeted with a lowering of heads, a shuffling of feet and a generalblushingbecause they could not give that commitment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Her skin moved from a state ofblushingto a state of intensive burns. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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