shy and easily embarrassed 羞怯的；忸怩的 He was too bashful to talk about sex. 他太害羞了，无法谈论性。 She looked bashful when he asked her what she wanted. 当他问她想要什么时，她看上去很害羞。 When we asked her if she had a boyfriend, she came over all bashful and wouldn’t say a thing. 当我们问她是否有男朋友时，她全都害羞了，什么也没说。
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from obsolete bash ‘make or become abashed’ (from abash) + -ful.