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

• Sometimes she blushes as red as a cherry.
  有时候他的脸一下子就红了。
• She turned aside to hide her blushes.
  她掉过脸去，不让人看见她脸红。
• 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。
• 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。
• Her face was suffused with the most enchanting blushes.
  她的脸上泛起一片极为动人的红晕。
• A closer reading of the NPC runes may well have saved some blushes.
  更仔细地解读中国人大年会期间的报道，很可能会减少一些尴尬。
• 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？”
• She blushes furiously whenever she sees him.
  每当看到他时她的脸就飞快地红了。
• '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。
• 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？