sheepish

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Having the characteristics of a sheep, as meekness, shyness, or docility.
    — “King Ty? Your sister is back.” “I don't want to talk to her unless she's here to apologize. Does she look sheepish?” “I guess I've seen a sheep in a cage before, so, yeah, kind of.”
  2. Shy, meek, ashamed or embarrassed.
    — a sheepish girl

词形变化

more sheepish comparative most sheepish superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
sheepishly sheepishness

词源

From Middle English schepische, shepisse, shepisshe; equivalent to sheep + -ish.
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