shame

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj. 感叹词 intj.
/ˈʃæɪ̯m/|[ˈʃæ̝ɪ̯m]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of one's own impropriety or dishonor, or something being exposed that should have been kept private. uncountable,usually
    — When I realized that I had hurt my friend, I felt deep shame.
  2. Something to regret. uncountable,usually
    — It was a shame not to see the show after driving all that way.
  3. Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision. uncountable,usually
    — […] because ye haue borne the shame of the heathen,
  4. The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach and ignominy. uncountable,usually
    — guides who are the shame of religion
  5. That which is shameful and private, especially private parts. uncountable,usually
    — And he took fig-leaves and sewed (them) together, and made an apron for himself, and covered his shame.
  6. The capacity to be ashamed, inhibiting one from brazen behaviour; due regard for one's own moral conduct and how one is perceived by others; restraint, moderation, decency. uncountable,usually
    — Don't you have any shame?
动词 v.
  1. To cause to feel shame. transitive
    — I was shamed by the teacher's public disapproval.
  2. To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace. transitive
    — And with fowle cowardize his carcas ſhame,
  3. To denounce as having done something shameful; to criticize with the intent or effect of causing a feeling of shame. transitive
    — Stop shaming others about their food choices.
  4. To drive or compel by shame. transitive
    — The politician was shamed into resigning.
  5. To feel shame, be ashamed. intransitive,obsolete
    — Broder she said I can not telle yow For it was not done by me nor by myn assente For he is my lord and I am his and he must be myn husband therfore my broder I wille that ye wete I shame me not to be with hym nor to doo hym alle the pleasyr that I can
  6. To mock at; to deride. obsolete,transitive
    — Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the Lord is his refuge.
形容词 adj.
  1. Embarrassed and shy, particularly because one is the subject of attention. Australian
    — She says that she doesn't touch them, this is important, sometimes maybe a handshake may make them more shame, that is shy or embarrassed.
  2. Causing embarrassment or shyness. Australian
    — "A lot of the time when we want to do stuff we'll be like, 'Oh no, that's shame — I don't want to do that because I'll be on my own'," Headland told NIT.
感叹词 intj.
  1. A cry of admonition for the subject of a speech, either to denounce the speaker or to agree with the speaker's denunciation of some person or matter; often used reduplicated, especially in political debates.
    — Mr John Golding: One would not realise that it came from the same Government, because in that letter the Under-Secretary states: "The future of BT's pension scheme is a commercial matter between BT, its workforce, and the trustees of the pensions scheme, and the Government cannot give any guarantees about future pension arrangements." #*: Mr. Charles R. Morris: Shame.
  2. Ellipsis of what a shame; expressing disappointment or sympathy abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis
    — Shame, you poor thing, you must be cold!

词形变化

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词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *skamō
Proto-West Germanic *skamu
Old English sċamu
Middle English schame
English shame
From Middle English schame, from Old English sċamu, from Proto-West Germanic *skamu, from Proto-Germanic *skamō.
Cognates
*German Scham (“shame”)
*German Low German Schaam (“shame, shamefacedness”)
*Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Swedish skam (“shame”)
*Faroese skomm (“shame, dishonour”)
*Icelandic skömm (“shame”)
*Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌼𐌰 (skama, “shame”).
词源 2
From Middle English schamen, from Old English sċamian, from Proto-West Germanic *skamēn, from Proto-Germanic *skamāną.
Cognates
*Dutch schamen (“to be ashamed”)
*German schämen (“to be ashamed or embarrassed, bashful”)
*Danish, Norwegian Bokmål skamme (“to be ashamed”)
*Icelandic skamma (“to scold”)
*Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌽 (skaman, “to be ashamed”).
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