c. 1200, "resembling a sheep" in some perceived characteristic, from sheep + -ish. The sense of "bashful, over-modest, awkward among strangers" first is recorded 1690s. Related: Sheepishly; sheepishness. Old English had sceaplic "of a sheep, 'sheep-ly.'"
双语例句
1. Bobby looked at her with a sheepish grin.
博比望着她腼腆地咧嘴一笑。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Mary gave her a sheepish grin.
玛丽难为情地冲她咧嘴一笑。
来自《权威词典》
3. The couple leapt apart when she walked in on them and later came downstairs looking sheepish.
她走进屋时撞见这对情侣，搞得两人赶紧分开，后来又面带窘色地走下楼来。
来自柯林斯例句
4. " How sheepish men look when they fall, don't they? "
" 男人在跌倒的时候看上去多么胆怯啊, 是不? ”
来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
5. Tom was tugging at a button - hole and looking sheepish.
