1. 害羞的;靦腆的;怕生的 A shy person is nervous and uncomfortable in the company of other people.
e.g. She was a shy, quiet-spoken girl... 她是個(gè)害羞、說(shuō)話輕聲細(xì)語(yǔ)的女孩。 e.g. She was a shy and retiring person off-stage... 她在現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中是個(gè)靦腆而且不善社交的人。
shyly The children smiled shyly. 孩子們害羞地笑了。shyness Eventually he overcame his shyness. 最終他克服了自己的羞怯。
2. 猶豫的;不情愿的;害怕的;有所顧忌的 If you are shy of doing something, you are unwilling to do it because you are afraid of what might happen.
e.g. You should not be shy of having your say in the running of the school. 在管理學(xué)校方面,你應(yīng)該毫無(wú)顧忌地發(fā)表你的意見(jiàn)。
3. (馬)驚走,驚退 When a horse shies, it moves away suddenly, because something has frightened it.
e.g. Llewelyn's stallion shied as the wind sent sparks flying. 風(fēng)一吹來(lái),火星四濺,盧埃林的種馬驚跳起來(lái)。
4. 一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井繩;一回吃虧兩回學(xué)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.
shy什么意思
5. 竭力避開(kāi);盡量避免 If you fight shy of something, you try very hard to avoid it.
e.g. It is no use fighting shy of publicity and then complaining when sponsors pass us by... 一邊對(duì)做宣傳避之不及,一邊又抱怨贊助人與我們擦身而過(guò),這樣做是沒(méi)有用的。 e.g. Until now television had fought shy of covering by-elections. 迄今為止電視臺(tái)一直竭力避免報(bào)道補(bǔ)缺選舉。
6. 未達(dá)到;欠缺;不足;不夠 A number or amount that is just shy of another number or amount is just under it.
shy的解釋
e.g. ...a high-school dropout rate just shy of 53%... 幾近53%的中學(xué)輟學(xué)率 e.g. He died two days shy of his 95th birthday. 他在離 95 歲壽辰僅差兩天時(shí)去世了。
相關(guān)詞組:shy away from
shy英英釋義
noun
1. a quick throw
e.g. he gave the ball a shy to the first baseman
verb
1. throw quickly
2. start suddenly, as from fright
adj
1. wary and distrustful disposed to avoid persons or things
e.g. shy of strangers
2. lacking self-confidence
e.g. stood in the doorway diffident and abashed problems that call for bold not timid responses a very unsure young man