The word "blush" means to have your face become red due to shame or embarrassment. It can also be used as a noun to refer to the redness itself, or in the idiom "spare someone's blushes" to mean avoiding embarrassing someone.
The word "blush" means to have your face become red due to shame or embarrassment. It can also be used as a noun to refer to the redness itself, or in the idiom "spare someone's blushes" to mean avoiding embarrassing someone.
[VERB 动词](由于羞愧或难为情而)脸红,涨红了脸 When you blush, your face becomes redder than usual because you are ashamed or embarrassed.
[V]
[V colour]
'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。
I blushed scarlet at my stupidity.
我为自己的愚蠢羞愧得满脸通红。
Blush is also a noun.
'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。
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[PHRASE 短语]不让…尴尬;避免使…难为情 If you spare someone's blushes or save someone's blushes, you avoid doing or saying something that will embarrass them.
[V inflects]
'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。
Oxford
blush/blʌʃ; NAmEblʌʃ/
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noun
blushblushesblushedblushingverb1[intransitive ]to become red in the face because you are embarrassed or ashamed (因尴尬或害羞)脸红,涨红了脸SYN
go red
blush(with sth) (at sth) ◆to blush with embarrassment/shame尴尬╱羞愧得面颊绯红◆She blushed furiously at the memory of the conversation.她一想起那次谈话就气得满脸通红。+ adj./noun◆He blushed scarlet at the thought.他想起那事便面红耳赤。2[transitive ]blushto do sth to be ashamed or embarrassed about sth (因某事)羞愧,尴尬◆I blush to admit it, but I quite like her music.不好意思,但我得承认我很喜欢她的音乐。noun1[countable ]the red colour that spreads over your face when you are embarrassed or ashamed (因难堪、羞愧)面部泛起的红晕◆She felt a warm blush rise to her cheeks.她感到双颊热辣辣的。◆He turned away to hide his blushes.他转过身去,不让人看见他脸红。2[uncountable , countable ]( NAmE) =
blusher
IDIOMsee
spare
v.blush/blʌʃ; NAmEblʌʃ/
LDC
blush1 verb
blush2 noun
blushblush1 /blʌʃ/ ●○○ verb [intransitive]
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1to become red in the face, usually because you are embarrassed: Wilson saw she was watching him and blushed. Joan blushed at the unexpected compliment. Kate blushed scarlet.RegisterIn everyday British English, people often say go red rather than blush:· She went red when he looked at her.2to feel ashamed or embarrassed about somethingblush to do something I blush to admit that I haven’t read it.3something that would make somebody blush something so shocking that it would shock someone who is not normally easily shocked: language that would make a sailor blush4the blushing bride a young woman on her wedding day – used humorously—blushingly adverb
blush1 verb
blush2 noun
blushblush2 noun
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1[countable] the red colour on your face that appears when you are embarrassed: Donald felt a blush warm his cheeks. She bent her head to hide her blushes.2at first blush literary when first thought of or considered: At first blush, this sounds like good news. → spare somebody’s blushes
at spare2(10)
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blush
[blʌʃ]blushed, blushing, blushes
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blushed[285] blushes[216] blushing[1343]
脸红(69%),羞愧(27%),泛红(4%)
n.脸红;红色;羞愧
vt.红著脸表示;使成红色
vi.脸红;感到惭愧
n.(Blush)人名;(英)布拉什
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