shy and easily embarrassed 羞怯的;忸怩的 He was too bashful to talk about sex. 他羞于谈论性。 She looked bashful when he asked her what she wanted. 当他问她想要什么时,她显得害羞。 When we asked her if she had a boyfriend, she came over all bashful and wouldn’t say a thing. 当我们问她是否有男朋友时,她很害羞,什么也不说。
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from obsolete bash ‘make or become abashed’ (from abash) + -ful.