blush过去式

1. 红色，玫瑰红
2. 一瞥，一见
3. 羞愧，惭愧，尴尬
4. 脸红，红脸，面红，赧颜
5. （面部泛起的）红晕，红润，红光，光彩
6. 繁茂
7. 腮红
8. 外观

1. 玫瑰红的
2. 红润的

1. 脸红，面红，涨红了脸
2. 变成红色，使变红，把...弄红，呈现红色，泛红，呈玫瑰色
3. 红着脸表示，因脸红而表露出
4. 感到惭愧，发窘，羞愧，尴尬，窘迫
5. 害臊，怕羞，忸怩
6. 因羞愧而脸红，因羞愧而显露出

1. a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
2. sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)

1. turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame;

   "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by"
   

2. become rosy or reddish;

   "her cheeks blushed in the cold winter air"
   

1.（由于羞愧或难为情而）脸红，涨红了脸
When youblush, your face becomes redder than usual because you are ashamed or embarrassed.

e.g. 'Hello, Maria,' he said, and she blushed again...
“你好，玛丽亚，”他说，这让她脸上又泛起了红晕。
e.g. I blushed scarlet at my stupidity.
我为自己的愚蠢羞愧得满脸通红。

2.不让…尴尬；避免使…难为情
If youspare someone'sblushes orsave someone'sblushes, you avoid doing or saying something that will embarrass them.

e.g. 'We don't want to name the man to spare his blushes,' said a police spokesman.
“为了不让当事人颜面扫地，我们就不指名道姓了，”一位警方发言人说道。

• blush deeply脸涨得通红
• blush hotly脸红得热辣辣的
• blush readily动不动就脸红

• blush for shame因羞愧而脸红
• blush to the roots of one's hair脸红到发根,极度羞愧
• blush with embarrassment窘得涨红了脸

• hide one's blushes遮掩自己脸红

• faint blush微现红晕
• youthful blush青春的红润

• the blush of shame羞愧脸红

• Her blushes are joy-flushes.

  出自：Wordsworth

• The hot blush had left his face but he felt his ears were still glowing.

  出自：W. Boyd

• The blushing discontented sun.

  出自：Richard II,Shakespeare

blush, flush

这组词都有“脸红”的意思,且词形相近。它们之间的细微差别是:

1.blush指因受窘、害羞或受惊而脸红; flush指因病(如发烧)、酒醉、用力或暴晒而脸红,也指因其他感情(如高兴、激动、愤怒、窘迫)发作而脸红。flush指羞涩之意不如blush强。

2.flush强调外表“面红耳赤”; 而blush强调内心的“羞愧”。

3.blush多用于女性; flush既可用于男性,也可用于女性。

4.blush仅用作不及物动词; flush既可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。

blush，flush

这两个动词均含有“脸红”之意。

blush侧重因羞愧或尴尬而突然脸红。

flush强调因愤怒、高兴、羞愧、发烧或酗酒等引起的脸红。