You feel abashed when you have done something a bit wrong or a bit stupid, and now your face is hot and you want to look at the floor. It is a quiet, small feeling — not as heavy as ashamed, which can sit on you for days, and not the same as just shy, which you can feel before you have done anything at all.

You feel abashed你會覺得abashed，when you have done something a bit wrong or a bit stupid當你做了一件有點錯或有點蠢的事，and now your face is hot而且現在你的臉發燙，and you want to look at the floor你只想盯著地板看。It is a quiet, small feeling這是一種安靜、小小的感覺——not as heavy as ashamed沒有ashamed那麼沉重，which can sit on you for daysashamed可能會壓在你身上好幾天，and not the same as just shy也跟單純的shy不一樣，which you can feel before you have done anything at allshy是你什麼都還沒做就可能有的感覺。

Though actually, people also say they felt abashed when someone praised them too loudly and they did not know where to look; the tidy idea is “I did something dumb,” but the real use is “I want to shrink.” It belongs more to stories and careful talk than to chat with friends, who will usually say embarrassed.

Though actually不過其實，people also say they felt abashed大家也會說自己覺得abashed，when someone praised them too loudly and they did not know where to look當有人誇獎得太大聲，讓他們不知道眼睛該看哪裡；the tidy idea is "I did something dumb,"整齊的說法是「我做了蠢事」，but the real use is "I want to shrink."但實際的用法其實是「我想縮起來」。It belongs more to stories and careful talk它比較屬於故事和講究的談話，than to chat with friends而不是跟朋友閒聊，who will usually say embarrassed朋友通常會說embarrassed。

Abashed is how you feel. The old verb abash (to make someone feel that way) is rare now.

Abashed is how you feelAbashed講的是你的感覺。The old verb abash那個古老的動詞abash（to make someone feel that way意思是讓某人有那種感覺）is rare now現在很少見了。