blushing

英 [ˈblʌʃɪŋ]

美 [ˈblʌʃɪŋ]

v.  (因尴尬或害羞)脸红，涨红了脸; (因某事)羞愧，尴尬
blush的现在分词

现在分词：blushing　

化学

BNC.38500 / COCA.34747

柯林斯词典

• VERB （由于羞愧或难为情而）脸红，涨红了脸
  When youblush, your face becomes redder than usual because you are ashamed or embarrassed.
  1. 'Hello, Maria,' he said, and she blushed again...
     “你好，玛丽亚，”他说，这让她脸上又泛起了红晕。
  2. I blushed scarlet at my stupidity.
     我为自己的愚蠢羞愧得满脸通红。
  3. Blushis also a noun.
     
  4. 'The most important thing is to be honest,' she says, without the trace of a blush.
     “最重要的是要诚实，”她毫不脸红地说。
• PHRASE 不让…尴尬；避免使…难为情
  If yousparesomeone'sblushesorsavesomeone'sblushes, you avoid doing or saying something that will embarrass them.
  1. 'We don't want to name the man to spare his blushes,' said a police spokesman.
     “为了不让当事人颜面扫地，我们就不指名道姓了，”一位警方发言人说道。

双语例句

• Anne hoped she had outlived the age of blushing; but the age of emotion she certainly had not.
  安妮希望自己已经跨过了羞怯的年龄，但她肯定没有跨过容易冲动的年龄。
• What's the matter with you, Yu-ting? You're blushing! Look at yourself in the mirror!
  玉亭！吓，你自己去照镜子，你的脸红了！
• One night a blushing, stammering young man of letters was introduced to him.
  有一天晚上，人们介绍给他一个腼腆的、口吃的年轻文学家。
• Mary said she didn't care anything about Jone, but her blushing face gave her away.
  玛丽说她并不在乎约翰所做的一切，但她红着的脸却透露了她的真实感情。
• Indeed, Mama, you are mistaken, said Elizabeth, blushing for her mother.
  妈妈，你根本弄错了，伊丽莎白这话一出口，她母亲就红了脸。
• Luckily it was too dark for anyone to see me blushing.
  幸而光线很暗，没人看见我脸红。
• From a merry child, then a blushing maid, she has become a perfect woman now.
  从一个天真烂漫的孩子，到一个腼腆害羞的姑娘，她现在已长成一个姿容出众的女子。
• Claire: If you keep this up, I'm going to start blushing.
  克莱儿：如果你继续这样说，我就要脸红了。
• And though he sat there, blushing and humble, again she felt drawn to him.
  他虽只红着脸腼腆地坐在那儿，她却再一次感到了他的吸引力。
• That would make her husband, then a blushing boy of49, a felon.
  这就让她的丈夫，那时是个49岁的“热血青年”，成了罪人。