資料來源 : pyDict

U羞愧,羞恥;C可恥的人使羞愧,恥辱

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Shame \Shame\, v. i. [AS. scamian, sceamian. See {Shame}, n.]
   To be ashamed; to feel shame. [R.]

         I do shame To think of what a noble strain you are.
                                                  --Shak.

Shame \Shame\, n. [OE. shame, schame, AS. scamu, sceamu; akin to
   OS. & OHG. scama, G. scham, Icel. sk["o]mm, shkamm, Sw. &
   Dan. skam, D. & G. schande, Goth. skanda shame, skaman sik to
   be ashamed; perhaps from a root skam meaning to cover, and
   akin to the root (kam) of G. hemd shirt, E. chemise. Cf.
   {Sham}.]
   1. A painful sensation excited by a consciousness of guilt or
      impropriety, or of having done something which injures
      reputation, or of the exposure of that which nature or
      modesty prompts us to conceal.

            HIde, for shame, Romans, your grandsires' images,
            That blush at their degenerate progeny. --Dryden.

            Have you no modesty, no maiden shame? --Shak.

   2. Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy;
      derision; contempt.

            Ye have borne the shame of the heathen. --Ezek.
                                                  xxxvi. 6.

            Honor and shame from no condition rise. --Pope.

            And every woe a tear can claim Except an erring
            sister's shame.                       --Byron.

   3. The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach,
      and degrades a person in the estimation of others;
      disgrace.

            O C?sar, what a wounding shame is this! --Shak.

            Guides who are the shame of religion. --Shak.

   4. The parts which modesty requires to be covered; the
      private parts. --Isa. xlvii. 3.

   {For shame!} you should be ashamed; shame on you!

   {To put to shame}, to cause to feel shame; to humiliate; to
      disgrace. ``Let them be driven backward and put to shame
      that wish me evil.'' --Ps. xl. 14.

Shame \Shame\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shamed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Shaming}.]
   1. To make ashamed; to excite in (a person) a comsciousness
      of guilt or impropriety, or of conduct derogatory to
      reputation; to put to shame.

            Were there but one righteous in the world, he would
            . . . shame the world, and not the world him.
                                                  --South.

   2. To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to
      disgrace.

            And with foul cowardice his carcass shame.
                                                  --Spenser.

   3. To mock at; to deride. [Obs. or R.]

            Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor. --Ps. xiv.
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資料來源 : WordNet®

shame
     n 1: a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy
          or guilt
     2: a state of dishonor; "one mistake brought shame to all his
        family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison"
        [syn: {disgrace}, {ignominy}]
     3: an unfortunate development; "it's a pity he couldn't do it"
        [syn: {pity}]

shame
     v 1: bring shame or dishonor upon; "he dishonored his family by
          committing a serious crime" [syn: {dishonor}, {disgrace},
           {dishonour}, {attaint}] [ant: {honor}]
     2: compel through a sense of shame; "She shamed him into making
        amends"
     3: cause to be ashamed
     4: surpass or beat by a wide margin