- 1臉紅的、丟臉的、出糗的（尤指被人看見的那種尷尬）；也可指單純因熱、運動、生氣而臉色發紅。
, or ashamed — with the idea that the feeling has actually shown on the person's face. English writers love this word for public embarrassment, especially when someone in power gets caught out: 'red-faced officials admitted the mistake'. It carries a hint that other people saw, and perhaps enjoyed it. There is a second, plainer use: a face that is simply red, from heat, cold, running, drinking, or anger — 'a red-faced man shouting at the referee'. Which one is meant is usually clear from the situation. It goes in front of a noun most comfortably, but you can also say 'he was left red-faced', which is very common in news writing.
這個字的第一個意思是尷尬、丟臉，而且丟臉的感覺真的寫在臉上。英文作者很愛用它來形容公開場合的出糗，尤其是有權力的人被抓到的時候，例如「red-faced officials admitted the mistake」。這種用法隱約還帶著有人看見、甚至覺得好笑的味道。
第二個用法比較平淡，指臉就是紅，原因可能是熱、冷、跑步、喝酒或生氣，例如「a red-faced man shouting at the referee」。到底是哪一種，通常看前後情境就能判斷。這個字多半放在名詞前面，也可以用在「be left red-faced」這個句型裡，新聞寫作中很常見。
組成red + faced — 'faced' here means 'having a face of this kind', the same pattern as in two-faced, baby-faced, straight-faced.
同家族的字
- two-facedsame -faced pattern: 'having two faces', i.e. showing one face to you and another behind your back
- straight-facedsame -faced pattern: keeping your face still, showing nothing
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
red-facedadj
- 1
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see red, face.
- I suppose that nowadays the red-faced farmers, whose invariable topic (so a friendly guard who understood Welsh told me) was sheep and their prices, find their own cars or the buses more convenient than a Western Region main line for their short-distance peregrinations to market.
- A red-faced bird with a striking white head and underside, and black-and-white wings and tail, the Palmnut Vulture lives in tropical forested areas of Africa, often by lakes, rivers, and seashores.
- 2
With a red face; flushed, due to emotional or physical causes.
- A red-faced John edged his way quietly out of the room.
- 3
With a red face; flushed, due to emotional or physical causes.
- Coming home late and red-faced every night from the pub is not what I expected of you.
- 4
With a red face; flushed, due to emotional or physical causes.
- The customer gave a red-faced account of the argument with the waiter.
- 5
With a red face; flushed, due to emotional or physical causes.
- "I can't for the life of me think where I left the tickets!", she cried out, red-faced.
- 6
With a red face; flushed, due to emotional or physical causes.
- He collapsed, red-faced from the effort, against the door jamb.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。