c. 1200, "resembling a sheep" in some perceived characteristic, from sheep + -ish. The sense of "bashful, over-modest, awkward among strangers" first is recorded 1690s. Related: Sheepishly; sheepishness. Old English had sceaplic "of a sheep, 'sheep-ly.'"
雙語例句
1. Bobby looked at her with a sheepish grin.
博比望著她靦腆地咧嘴一笑。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Mary gave her a sheepish grin.
瑪麗難為情地沖她咧嘴一笑。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
3. The couple leapt apart when she walked in on them and later came downstairs looking sheepish.
她走進屋時撞見這對情侶，搞得兩人趕緊分開，后來又面帶窘色地走下樓來。
來自柯林斯例句
4. " How sheepish men look when they fall, don't they? "
" 男人在跌倒的時候看上去多么膽怯啊, 是不? ”
來自英漢文學(xué) - 嘉莉妹妹
5. Tom was tugging at a button - hole and looking sheepish.