亚洲网紅露点

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abash

[ uh-bash ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to destroy the self-confidence, poise, or self-possession of; disconcert; make ashamed or embarrassed:

    to abash someone by sneering.

    Synonyms: , ,



abash

/ 蓹藞产忙蕛 /

verb

  1. tr; usually passive to cause to feel ill at ease, embarrassed, or confused; make ashamed
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 补藞产补蝉丑尘别苍迟, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 补路产补蝉丑顎僲别苍迟 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of abash1

1275鈥1325; Middle English abaishen < dialectal Old French abacher, Old French abaissier to put down, bring low ( abase ), perhaps conflated with Anglo-French abaiss-, long stem of abair, Old French esba ( h ) ir to gape, marvel, amaze ( es- ex- 1 + -ba ( h ) ir, alteration of baer to open wide, gape < Vulgar Latin *产补迟腻谤别; bay 2, bay 3 )
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of abash1

C14: via Norman French from Old French esbair to be astonished, from es- out + bair to gape, yawn
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Example Sentences

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鈥淲e have quite a lot of work to do,鈥 Chiappe says, looking somewhat abashed.

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鈥淭his is not about running against them, it鈥檚 about running on what our record is. I鈥檓 very conservative, I鈥檓 not abashed by that and I challenge anybody鈥檚 record against mine that鈥檚 running,鈥 Mr. Hern said.

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鈥淲e need money,鈥 the older Gala blurts out to the abashed Dal铆 during one bellicose confrontation over his lack of productivity, 鈥渕oney, money!鈥

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Jarreau continues and Belafonte remains slightly abashed until his smile broadens, as if he's accepting his signature tune's supernaturally unifying power.

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He sags slightly each time, giving her a baleful look until she abashedly admits to jumping to conclusions.

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