单词 | blush |
释义 | blush (once / 207 pages) vn When you blush, you turn red because you are embarrassed. And, oddly enough, women wear the make-up variety of blush to add color to their cheeks — not to appear embarrassed but to appear attractive. Women use a type of makeup called blush to add redness to their cheeks. That can help you remember the other meanings of this word, which all relate to redness or rosiness. When you have a blush — or are blushing — your face gets red. People blush when they’re embarrassed. Having a crush can cause blushing; so can getting caught stealing something. Blushing is caused by blood rushing to the head: thus, the color red. WORD FAMILYblush: blushed, blusher, blushes, blushful, blushing+/blusher: blushers/blushful: blushfully/blushing: blushingly, unblushing/unblushing: unblushingly USAGE EXAMPLESIn an interview with the Guardian last year, Fisher confessed that her next meeting with Ford would cost her a blush or two. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) Of course, I blushed and said I would. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) Chicago designer Tom Stringer agreed, noting that while “blush was promoted as a color trend earlier in the year, it already looks tired and drab.” Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016) 1v become rosy or reddish her cheeks blushed in the cold winter air Hyper redden turn red or redder 2v turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by Syn|Hyper crimson, flush, redden color, colour, discolor, discolour change color, often in an undesired manner 3n a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health Syn|Hyper bloom, flush, rosiness good health, healthiness the state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental disease 4n sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty) Syn|Hyper flush inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus |
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