壁花在社交场合因羞涩或受人冷落而不参加某一活动之人 One who does not participate in the activity at a social event because of shyness or unpopularity.
轮轴发涩。 The axle doesn't work smoothly.
她引经据典的风格晦涩难懂。 Her allusive style is difficult to follow.
含糊不清或者晦涩的状态 A state of ambiguity or obscurity.
新加坡式英语(singlish)起源于早先几辈人，当年似乎并不太复杂，但近来已演变成外国人听来晦涩难解的语言了。 Singlish started with the older generations but it seemed less complex during their time. But Singlish has developed into something arcane to foreigners.
固涩药 drugs for arresting discharge
固涩剂 prescriptions for arresting discharge
一定程度的收敛性是茶中固有的，而绿茶比红茶为涩。 Some astringency is inherent in tea, but green tea is more astringent than black.
看来茶黄素改善了咖啡因的苦味，咖啡因改善了茶黄素的涩味，从而赋予红茶饮料以特有的"清爽味"。 It appears that theaflavins modify the bitterness of caffeine and caffeine the astringency of theaflavins, giving the beverage its characteristic briskness.
这种饮料的颜色，以及许多味道，特别是涩味，都是由于这些多酚化合物的缘故，或者说是由于它们在红茶中的氧化产物的作用。 The color of the beverage and much of its taste, especially astringency, is attributed to these polyphenolic compounds, or to their oxidation products in black tea.
一种包含榛树提取物的发涩的酒精溶液。 an astringent alcoholic solution containing an extract from the witch hazel plant.
欧亚的一种草本植物，具有黄色的花，其苦涩的根以前被用来入药。 hairy Eurasian plant with small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinally.
分布于亚、非、欧洲的一种带有羽状复叶并味涩的凤尾草。 spleenwort of Europe and Africa and Asia having pinnate fronds and yielding an astringent.
非洲野芒果种子经过碾磨和加热后得到的有点涩的面团；非洲人民的主要食物。 somewhat astringent paste prepared by grinding and heating seeds of the African wild mango; a staple food of some African peoples.
如果与茶叶接触时水是沸腾的，就会提取出高比例的多酚化合物，使得这种热饮料过分涩口。 If water boils when it is in contact with tea leaves, a high proportion of polyphenolic compounds are extracted. These make the hot beverage excessively astringent.
美国稠李北美洲的一种蔷薇科落叶灌木或小树（美国稠李），开有细长的一簇簇小白花和结有深红色到几乎黑色的味涩果实 A deciduous North American shrub or small tree(Prunus virginiana) in the rose family, having elongate clusters of small white flowers and astringent, dark red to nearly black fruit.
黄烷醇氧化时形成的茶黄素约占干红茶重量的2%。茶黄素在单独存在时很涩，同时茶中那样数量的咖啡因理应使茶变得很苦。 Theaflavins which are formed when flavanols are oxidized make up approximately 2 percent of the weight of dried black tea. Alone, they are very astringent, and the amount of caffeine in tea should make it very bitter.
夏至草一种芳香的生长于欧亚大陆的（欧夏至草欧夏至草属）植物，其茎宽阔；生有对生叶，上有白色短柔毛；有无数呈腋生聚伞花序的白色花。从其叶可提取一种苦涩的液体，用作调味品或咳嗽药 An aromatic Eurasian plant(Marrubium vulgare) having square stems, opposite leaves with white pubescence, and numerous white flowers in axillary cymes. The leaves yield a bitter extract used in flavoring and as a cough remedy.
充满晦涩文字的哲学文章 A philosophical essay full of obscurities
5．柴达木盆地涩北-西宁-兰州天然气输气管道 Natual gas pipeline from Sebei of the Chaidamu Basin -Xining-Lanzhou
挖掘苦涩的记忆 Dredged up bitter memories.
他那不适宜的话给谈话增添一份苦涩。 His unfortunate remarks introduced a note of bitterness into the conversation.
当你阅读一些哲学家的晦涩难懂的理论时，如果你除了厌烦没有别的感受，那么我将对你表示最深切的同情。 If you feel nothing but boredom when reading the virtually unintelligible theories of some philosophers, you have my deepest sympathy.
一只忧郁的鸟儿的刺耳的哭泣；涩口的白兰地；刺眼的白光弄花了你的眼睛；走廊里满是刺鼻的烟雾。 the harsh cry of a blue jay; harsh cognac; the harsh white light makes you screw up your eyes; harsh irritating smoke filled the hallway.
无法了解的太晦涩或复杂以致于无法理解的 Too obscure or complicated to be understood.
这段对话有省略而且充满了模糊的暗示；这个解释很简练，甚至省略到了晦涩的边缘——h·o·泰勒。 the dialogue is elliptic and full of dark hints; the explanation was concise, even elliptical to the verge of obscurity- H.O.Taylor.
作者的意思被他晦涩的文章掩盖起来 The writer's meaning was obscured by his convoluted prose.
丽：（唱）我现在十六岁，马上就要十七岁。我知道我很天真。见到的小伙子会说我甜美，我也乐意相信。我现在十六岁，马上要要十七岁。天真如玫瑰。花花公子喝着白兰地，我怎么能知道，丝毫没有准备，来面对这么多的男子。胆怯，羞涩又害怕面对亲人以外的事情我需要一个年长又稳重人，告诉我该如何做。你今年十七岁，马上就要十八岁，我就指望你。<<音乐之声>> Liesl (singing): I am sixteen, going on seventeen. I know that I'm naive. Fellows I meet may tell me I'm sweet, And willingly I believe, I am sixteen, going on seventeen. Innocent as a rose. Bachelor of dandy's, drinkers of brandy's. What do I know of those? Totally unprepared am I, To face a world of men. Timid and shy and scared am I, Of things beyond my kin. I need someone older and wiser, Telling me what to do. You are seventeen, going on eighteen. I'll depend on you.
晦涩的以有意使风格或表达上含糊不清为特点的 Marked by deliberate obscurity of style or expression.