sheepishadj.
英 'ʃiːpɪʃ | 美
中文adj. 羞怯的；懦弱的
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sheepish (adj.)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.\\'"
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