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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:
shy away from
Thesaurus
Thesaurusshy Also look up:
ADJ.

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

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See also: -shy

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