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

• 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。
• She smiled shyly at him. She faced away to hide her blushes.
  她羞怯地向他微笑。她把脸躲开以掩饰羞怯。
• Why, they say, should they give up their right to UN membership to spare the EU's blushes?
  他们说，为什么他们应该放弃自己争取联合国会员国的权利并与欧盟闹得尴尬？
• 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？”
• Sometimes she blushes as red as a cherry.
  有时候他的脸一下子就红了。
• 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。
• When I look at my lover, she blushes.
  我看着她不转眼，害她羞红了脸蛋。
• Spare my blushes, will you, Ted, and give the windscreen a wipe.
  别让我难堪了，行不行，特德。把挡风玻璃抹一下。
• She blushes furiously whenever she sees him.
  每当看到他时她的脸就飞快地红了。
• 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。