blushes

英 [ˈblʌʃɪz]

美 [ˈblʌʃɪz]

v.  (因尴尬或害羞)脸红，涨红了脸; (因某事)羞愧，尴尬
n.  (因难堪、羞愧)面部泛起的红晕
blush的第三人称单数和复数

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

• He scored at the last minute, and spared england's blushes.
  他在最后一刻进了球，使英格兰队不至于太难堪。
• Why, in my time, a young woman would have been all blushes and downcast glances.
  嗨，在我一生中，看到少女们都是羞羞答答目不斜视的。
• His jokes caused a few blushes in the audience.
  他的笑话有几次使观众脸红。
• She laughs, blushes and twitters: 'Oh, doesn't Giles have just the most charming sense of humour?'
  她羞赧地笑了，尖声细气地说道：“哦，难道贾尔斯的幽默感不正是特招人喜欢的那种吗？”
• She often blushes when speaking to strangers.
  她跟生人说话爱红脸。
• You shouldn't say all these nice things about me; spare my blushes!
  你不该讲我这么多好话别让我难为情。
• To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame.
  隐瞒天真的羞愧，恬不红脸；
• It shows the foot to advantage, and furnishes with blushes and re-composing airs beyond comparison.
  我译为：它显示出脚的优点，房间布置成红色，重新构成与那边对应的空间。
• Humans redden when they are angry. She often blushes when speaking to strangers.
  人类愤怒时会脸红。她跟生人说话爱红脸。
• Jenny was over-come with embarrassment. She faced away to hide her blushes.
  詹妮窘极了。她掉过脸去不让人看到她脸红。