窘jiǒnɡⅠ ❶ (穷困) in straitened circumstances;hard up: 他一度生活很 ~。 He was rather hard up for a time. ❷ (为难) awkward;embarrassed;ill at ease: 露出 ~ 态 show signs of embarrassment; 他在女士面前有些 ~。 He felt rather awkward in presence of ladies. Ⅱ (使为难) embarrass;disconcert: 被 ~ 住了 be perplexed for an answer; 他用难题来 ~ 我。 He embarrassed me with a difficult question. ◆窘得脸红 flush [blush] crimson with embarrassment; 窘境 awkward situation;plight;predicament; 窘困潦倒 be miserably poor and greatly disappointed; 窘迫 poverty-stricken;very poor;hard pressed;embarrassed;in a predicament; 窘态 embarrassed look |