太尷尬了，只好“捂臉”

A facepalm is the physical gesture of placing one's hand flat across one's face or lowering one's face into one's hand or hands. The facepalm is a gesture which is common in many cultures, and even sometimes seen in chimpanzees!

Facepalm指的是用手捂住臉或?qū)⒛樎襁M(jìn)手掌的肢體動作，即“捂臉”。捂臉這種動作在很多文化中都很常見，連大猩猩也會呢!

Although a facepalm is usually used to express frustration or embarrassment, in the context of a surrounding conversation it can also be used to express other emotions, such as disgust or dismay. A facepalm is often a reaction to a momentary lapse in common sense, judgement, or logical behaviour. It can be directed towards another person – i.e.: a non-verbal way of saying "I can't believe you just said/did that …" – or used in a self-deprecating way to make it clear to others that you're aware that you've said or done something stupid.

這個動作多用來表達(dá)沮喪或者尷尬，不過，在對話語境中，也可以用來表達(dá)厭惡或失望的情緒。在常識、判斷或者邏輯短暫缺失的情況下，我們通常會做出捂臉的動作。同時，這個動作也可以指向他人，即，用無聲的方式表達(dá)“我真不敢相信你說了那樣的話/做了那樣的事，”或者用來自嘲，讓別人明白，你知道自己做了傻事或者說了傻話。

Facepalm first appeared about five years ago, and has steadily gained ground as a popular term in Internet culture.

捂臉一詞大約出現(xiàn)在五年前，現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)成為網(wǎng)絡(luò)文化流行詞。