| 单词 |
gêné |
| 释义 |
‖ gêné, a.|ʒene| Also fem. gênée. [Fr., pa. pple. of gêner to embarrass; cf. prec.] Constrained, embarrassed, discomforted. Also as v. trans., to make (someone) feel gêné; so gêné(e)d ppl. a.
1806Wynne Diaries (1940) III. 301 Mrs. Bishop seemed gênée, we played at Loo, and were very merry all the Evening. 1817H. C. B. Campbell Jrnl. 4 Oct. in Journey to Florence (1951) 102 A few people came in the evening. I felt geneed not having been in company for some time. 1823Byron Juan xiii. ciii. 106 But none were ‘gêné’. 1851E. Ruskin Let. 25 Nov. in M. Lutyens Effie in Venice (1965) 219 He is very good and well bred and..they don't see how gened he is. 1929E. Bowen Last Sept. i. viii. 91 She looked gênée, dispirited. |

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