If you feel sheepish, you feel a little uncomfortable or embarrassed because you know you have done something silly or wrong — not a huge crime, more “you caught me.” The face that goes with it is often a small, guilty smile. People talk about a sheepish grin, a sheepish look, a sheepish laugh.

If you feel sheepish如果你覺得 sheepish（不好意思）, you feel a little uncomfortable or embarrassed你會覺得有點不自在或尷尬 because you know因為你知道 you have done something silly or wrong自己做了什麼傻事或錯事 — not a huge crime不是什麼滔天大罪, more "you caught me."比較像是「被你抓到了」的感覺。The face that goes with it伴隨這種感覺的表情 is often a small, guilty smile常常是小小的、心虛的微笑。People talk about人們會說 a sheepish grin sheepish grin（不好意思的笑）, a sheepish look sheepish look（不好意思的表情）, a sheepish laugh或 sheepish laugh（不好意思的笑聲）。

The picture behind the word is a sheep: timid, easily led, not proud. The feeling is mild.

The picture behind the word這個詞背後的畫面 is a sheep是一隻羊: timid膽小, easily led容易被牽著走, not proud不驕傲。The feeling這種感覺 is mild是溫和的。

You can be sheepish about eating the last biscuit or forgetting a name; you would not usually call deep shame or real grief sheepish. Neutral to informal; common in stories and everyday talk.

You can be sheepish你可以因為 about eating the last biscuit吃掉最後一片餅乾 or forgetting a name或忘記別人的名字 而感到 sheepish; you would not usually call但你通常不會把 deep shame or real grief深深的羞恥或真正的悲傷 sheepish稱作 sheepish。Neutral to informal語氣中性偏口語; common in stories and everyday talk在故事和日常對話裡很常見。

Though actually, students sometimes think sheepish means “like a sheep” in the sense of following the crowd. English mostly uses sheepish for that embarrassed look, not for blind following.

Though actually不過其實, students學生 sometimes think有時候會以為 sheepish means "like a sheep"sheepish 的意思是「像羊一樣」 in the sense of following the crowd也就是跟著群眾走。English英文 mostly uses sheepish大多是用 sheepish 來形容 for that embarrassed look那種不好意思的表情, not for blind following而不是盲目跟從。