Word forms: comparative shyer, superlative shyest, 3rd person singular present tense shies, present participle shying, past tense, past participle shied
1ADJ-GRADED 害羞的;腼腆的;怕生的 A shy person is nervous and uncomfortable in the company of other people. 害羞的;腼腆的;怕生的
2ADJ-GRADED 犹豫的;不情愿的;害怕的;有所顾忌的 If you are shy of doing something, you are unwilling to do it because you are afraid of what might happen. 犹豫的;不情愿的;害怕的;有所顾忌的
You should not be shy of having your say in the running of the school. [+ of]
4PHRASE 一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳;一回吃亏两回学乖 You say 'once bitten, twice shy' when you want to indicate that someone will not do something a second time because they had a bad experience the first time they did it. 一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳;一回吃亏两回学乖
5PHRASE [VERB inflects]竭力避开;尽量避免 If you fight shy of something, you try very hard to avoid it. 竭力避开;尽量避免
It is no use fighting shy of publicity and then complaining when sponsors pass us by.
一边对做宣传避之不及,一边又抱怨赞助人与我们擦身而过,这样做是没有用的。
Until now television had fought shy of covering by-elections.
迄今为止电视台一直竭力避免报道补缺选举。
6PREP-PHRASE 未达到;欠缺;不足;不够 A number or amount that is just shy of another number or amount is just under it. 未达到;欠缺;不足;不够
ADVERB | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤violently猛地驚退PREPOSITION➤at因⋯而驚退◇Her horse shied violently at a gorse bush.金雀花叢把她的馬驚得猛然後退。shy
adjective
VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤be, feel, look, seem, sound害羞;感到害羞;看起來羞怯;似乎難為情;聽起來腼腆◇Please don't be shy-I won't eat you!別那麼害羞,我又不會吃了你!➤become, get, grow變得腼腆ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/相當/非常害羞▸➤desperately, excessively, painfully, terribly極其害羞;特別難為情◇As a teenager I was painfully shy.我十幾歲時非常害羞。➤all害羞極了◇She went all shy and hid behind her mother.她變得非常害羞,躲到了媽媽身後。➤almost幾乎害臊▸➤a little, slightly, etc.有點兒/略有些害羞▸➤naturally天生害羞◇He is a naturally shy, retiring man.他天生腼腆,不愛交際。➤chronically (especially BrE) 一直很害羞PREPOSITION➤around在⋯面前害羞◇She was terribly shy around strangers.有陌生人在的時候她特別害羞。➤of對⋯有戒心◇I was a little shy of them at first.一開始我對他們有點兒戒心。➤with對⋯有顧慮◇You don't have to be shy with me, you know.要知道你在我面前不必有顧慮。
➡ See also the entries for quiet3 and solitary另见quiet条第3义和solitary条shy ♦︎ insecure ♦︎ timid ♦︎ coy ♦︎ diffident ♦︎ inhibitedThese words all describe a person who is not confident or is nervous or embarrassed about meeting and speaking to other people.这些词均表示羞怯的、腼腆的、拘谨的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆shy / insecure / timid / coy / diffident / inhibited about sth◆a shy / an insecure / a timid (young) man / woman / child◆a shy / timid girl / boy / creature / animal◆a shy / coy / diffident smile / manner■shy(of a person) nervous or embarrassed about meeting or speaking to other people; showing this; (of animals) easily frightened and not willing to come near people(人)腼腆的,羞怯的;(动物)易受惊的,胆小的◆Don't be shy-come and say hello.别害羞-过来打个招呼。◆He gave a shy little smile.他腼腆地微笑了一下。◆The panda is a shy creature.熊猫是一种胆小的动物。▸shyly
adverb
◆She smiled shyly.她羞怯地微笑了一下。▸shyness
noun
[uncountable] ◆He tried to overcome his shyness.他努力克服自己腼腆的毛病。■insecure ˌɪnsɪˈkjʊə(r); NAmEˌɪnsɪˈkjʊrnot confident about yourself or your relationships with other people缺乏信心的;无把握的◆He's very insecure about his appearance.他对自己的长相非常缺乏信心。OPPconfident ⇨ confident▸insecurityˌɪnsɪˈkjʊərəti; NAmEˌɪnsɪˈkjʊrəti
noun
[uncountable, countable, usually plural] ◆feelings of insecurity不安全感◆We all have our fears and insecurities.我们都有各自的恐惧和不安全感。■timidˈtɪmɪd (especiallywritten) (of people or animals) shy and nervous(人或动物)羞怯的,胆怯的,缺乏勇气的◆I was too timid to ask anyone.我不好意思去问任何人。◆They're pretty timid creatures who will run away at the slightest noise.这些动物很胆小,听到一点儿动静就会逃走。OPPbold ⇨ bold■coyshy or pretending to be shy and innocent, especially about love and sex, sometimes in order to make people more interested in you(尤指对爱情或性爱)羞答答的,假装害羞无知的,故作忸怩的◆She gave him a coy smile.她羞答答地对他笑了笑。■diffident ˈdɪfɪdənt (especiallywritten) not having much confidence in yourself; not wanting to talk about yourself缺乏自信的;羞怯的;不愿谈及自己的◆He was modest and diffident about his own success.他很谦虚,不愿谈及自己的成功。◆Greg was the quiet, diffident type.格雷格是那种文静、羞怯型的人。▸diffidence
noun
[uncountable] ◆She overcame her natural diffidence and spoke with great frankness.她克服了生性胆怯的毛病,非常坦率地说出了自己的想法。■inhibited ɪnˈhɪbɪtɪd unable to relax or express your feelings in a natural way拘束的;拘谨的◆Boys are often more inhibited than girls about discussing their problems.男孩子往往不如女孩子敢于谈论自己的问题。OPPuninhibited ⇨ sociable▸inhibition ˌɪnhɪˈbɪʃn, ˌɪnɪˈbɪʃn
noun
[countable, uncountable] ◆The children were shy at first, but soon lost their inhibitions.孩子们起初很羞涩,但很快就不拘谨了。