shamefaced
英 [?e?m'fe?st; '?e?m-]
美['?em'fest]
- adj. 謙遜的；害羞的；不惹眼的
英英釋意
- 1. extremely modest or shy;
- "cheerfully bearing reproaches but shamefaced at praise"- H.O.Taylor
- 2. showing a sense of shame
- 3. showing a sense of guilt;
- "a guilty look"
- "the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater