embarras

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ɒmbəˈɹɑː/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Embarrassment; confusion, uncertainty. archaic,countable,uncountable
    — I […] envy & sympathise—being in all sorts of embarrass now, myself, over the finish of many things.
  2. An embarrassment; an obstacle or hindrance. archaic,countable,uncountable
    — [O]ne day in his way to the opera, his chariot was stopped by an embarras in the street, occasioned by two peasants, who having driven their carts against each other, quarrelled, and went to loggerheads on the spot.
  3. Embarrassment; intense social awkwardness. archaic,countable,uncountable
  4. A clump of driftwood obstructing a waterway. Canada,US,archaic,countable,historical

词形变化

embarras plural

词源

From French embarras.
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