facepalm
noun [ C ] informal (also face-palm) uk/ˈfeɪs.pɑːm/ us/ˈfeɪs.pɑːm/
(因为尴尬、生气、失望等而)用手捂脸
the act of covering your face with your hand because you are embarrassed, annoyed, or disappointed about something
She always does a facepalm when her mother starts asking her about boys. 每当妈妈问她有关男孩子的事时,她总是害羞地用手捂住脸。
捂脸(在社交媒体上表示尴尬、生气或失望等)
used on social networking sites to show that you are embarrassed, annoyed, or disappointed
I forgot to squeeze in lemon at the end *facepalm*. 我最后忘记挤柠檬了*捂脸*。
- More examples
- The whole thing is full of logical fallacies, non-sequiturs and face-palm moments.
- I thought I needed to press the Rec Play button. Nope, it was the big red button. < facepalm
- If you find it so unethical, WHY do you continue to use that bank? * facepalm *
- Oops, hit Submit before I finished *facepalm*
facepalm
verb [ I ] informal (also face-palm) uk/ˈfeɪs.pɑːm/ us/ˈfeɪs.pɑːm/
(因为尴尬、生气、失望等而)用手捂脸
to cover your face with your hand because you are embarrassed, annoyed, or disappointed about something
Seth facepalmed. “Ian, I can't believe you just did that.” 塞斯捂着脸说:“伊恩,我真不敢相信你就这样做了。"
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- I think the biggest reason to facepalm is that there is not a searchbar on every page. Why?
- Don't facepalm, I'm the one that should be doing that!
- “Be thankful I didn't decide to name you Aragorn…” Abel face-palmed . “Oh dear God in Heaven…”