| 釋義 |
shamen. 1.disgrace,infliction of disgrace,insult恥辱,遭受恥辱,侮辱。 △3H.VI.2.2.39: “Ah. what a shame were this!”啊,這是怎樣的恥辱! △H.VIII.5.3.141 (5.2.176): “Why,what a shame was this?”哼,這是何等丟臉? △Rom.1.5.86(82):“Why,uncle,'tis a shame.”唉,舅父,這是恥辱。 2. shyness,state of being ashamed,sensation whichmakes to blush羞怯,害羞,羞恥之感。 △Ado.4.1.162(160):“a thousand innocent shames / In angel white-ness beat away those blushes,”一千個天使一般潔白的羞恥表情又把這些紅暈驅(qū)散。
shamevt. put to shame,make ashamed,disgrace使受恥辱,使感到羞恥,玷辱。 △Lr.3.4.64 (65):“Nay,he reserved a blanket,else we had been all shamed.”不,他留下一條毯子,不然我們都要感到羞恥了。 △Rom. 2. 2. 19:“The brightness of her cheek would shamethose stars / As daylight doth a lamp;” i.e. wouldmake the stars feel inferior in beauty. 她臉上的光輝會使群星感到慚愧,正像白晝能使燈光黯然失色一樣。 △Rom.2.5.23:“If good,thou shamest,the music of sweet news /By playing it to me with so sour a face.”如果有好消息,你就不該用這副難看的面孔來奏出(好消息的)美妙的音樂。 △Ado.2.2.56 (54): “and my cunning shall notshame me.”我的詭計不會使我丟臉的(意即:不會失敗)。 △1H.IV.3.1.58 (57):“And I can teach thee,coz,toshame the devil / By telling truth: tell truth andshame the devil.”(Truth shames the devil because he is “the father of lies”.)老伯,我也能教你用說真話去羞辱魔鬼:說真話就會羞辱魔鬼。 △R.III.1.2.154(153):“Thoseeyes of thine from mine have drawn salt tears,/Shamed their aspects with store of childish drops.”你的一雙眼睛從我的眼睛里引出了淚,用大量幼稚的淚水使它們的樣子顯得叫人羞恥。 ~ vi. be ashamed害羞。 △3H.VI.1.1.231:“I shameto hear thee speak.”聽你這樣說,我都替你害臊。 △H.VIII.5.2.15(16): “They would shame to make me / Waitelse at door,a fellow Councillor,”要不然,他們也會感到羞恥的,竟叫我、一位樞密院同僚在門口等候。 shame[?eim]n.羞恥,恥辱 ◇ for shame由于害羞 in shame由于羞愧 ‖ shameful adj.可恥的 shameless adj. |