单词 | embarrass |
释义 | Word Frequency embarrass(ɪmˈbærəs) verb (mainly tr) 1. (also intr) to feel or cause to feel confusion or self-consciousness; disconcert; fluster 2. (usually passive) to involve in financial difficulties 3. archaic to make difficult; complicate 4. archaic to impede; obstruct; hamper Derived forms embarrassed (emˈbarrassed) adjective embarrassedly (emˈbarrassedly) adverb Word origin C17: (in the sense: to impede): via French and Spanish from Italian imbarrazzare, from imbarrare to confine within bars; see en-1, bar1 |
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