单词 | shame |
释义 | Word Frequency shame(ʃeɪm) noun 1. a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of having done something dishonourable, unworthy, degrading, etc 2. capacity to feel such an emotion 3. ignominy or disgrace 4. a person or thing that causes this 5. an occasion for regret, disappointment, etc it's a shame you can't come with us 6. put to shame exclamation 7. South Africa informal a. an expression of sympathy b. an expression of pleasure or endearment verb (transitive) 8. to cause to feel shame 9. to bring shame on; disgrace 10. (often foll by into) to compel through a sense of shame he shamed her into making an apology 11. name and shame Derived forms shamable (ˈshamable) or shameable (ˈshameable) adjective Word origin Old English scamu; related to Old Norse skömm, Old High German skama |
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