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TOEFL BNC: 5301 COCA: 4407
shy
ʃaɪ ʃaɪ
Word forms: comparative shyer, superlative shyest, 3rd person singular present tense shies, present participle shying, past tense , past participle shied
1 ADJ-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

  • She was a shy, quiet-spoken girl.

    她是个害羞、说话轻声细语的女孩。

  • She was a shy and retiring person off-stage.

    她在现实生活中是个腼腆而且不善社交的人。

  • He is painfully shy of women. [+ of]

    他见到女人就十分害羞。

SYN timid, self-conscious, bashful, reserved
shyly

  • The children smiled shyly.

    孩子们害羞地笑了。

shyness

  • Eventually he overcame his shyness.

    最终他克服了自己的羞怯。

2 ADJ-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]

    在管理学校方面，你应该毫无顾忌地发表你的意见。

SYN cautious, wary, hesitant, suspicious
3 VERB (马)惊走，惊退 When a horse shies, it moves away suddenly, because something has frightened it. (马)惊走，惊退

  • Llewelyn's stallion shied as the wind sent sparks flying. [VERB]

    风一吹来，火星四溅，卢埃林的种马惊跳起来。

SYN recoil, flinch, draw back, start
4 PHRASE 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
5 PHRASE [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。

6 PREP-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

  • ...a high-school dropout rate just shy of 53%.

    几近53％的中学辍学率

  • He died two days shy of his 95th birthday.

    他在离 95 岁寿辰仅差两天时去世了。

Phrasal verbs:
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ADJ.

nervous, quiet, sheepish, uncomfortable; (ant.) confident 1

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TOEFL BNC: 5301 COCA: 4407
shy

verb

ADVERB | PREPOSITION ADVERB➤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 | PREPOSITION VERBS➤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。
TOEFL BNC: 5301 COCA: 4407
shy

adjective

  ➡ See also the entries for quiet 3 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); NAmE ˌɪnsɪˈkjʊrnot 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。OPP confident ⇨ confident ▸ insecurity ˌɪnsɪˈkjʊərəti; NAmE ˌɪnsɪˈkjʊrəti

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。■ timid ˈtɪmɪd (especially written) (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。OPP bold ⇨ bold ■ coy shy 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 (especially written) 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。 OPP uninhibited ⇨ 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。
TOEFL BNC: 5301 COCA: 4407
shy
Not confident or shy and easily embarrassed: shy, uncertain, retiring...
Words used to describe animals: amphibious, androgynous, anthropoid...
Animal behaviour: beach, bite, bite...

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