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

• 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？
• There are names written in her immortal scroll at which fame blushes.
  在名声女神的不朽的名册里面，写有许多她自己看了要脸红的名字。
• 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。
• By the blushes of Aurora and the music of Memnon, what should be man's morning work in this world?
  在微红色的曙光中，在曼依的音乐里，世界上的人该做什么样的早晨的工作呢？
• She often blushes when speaking to strangers.
  她跟生人说话爱红脸。
• Why, in my time, a young woman would have been all blushes and downcast glances.
  嗨，在我一生中，看到少女们都是羞羞答答目不斜视的。
• He turned away to hide his blushes.
  他转过身去，不让人看见他脸红。
• Jenny was over-come with embarrassment. She faced away to hide her blushes.
  詹妮窘极了。她掉过脸去不让人看到她脸红。
• His jokes caused a few blushes in the audience.
  他的笑话有几次使观众脸红。
• When I look at my lover, she blushes.
  我看着她不转眼，害她羞红了脸蛋。