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(of people )人 nervous or embarrassed about meeting and speaking to other people synonym timid羞怯的;腼腆的;怕生的 He is not exactly the shy and retiring type. 他不完全是那种害羞和内向的人。 Don't be shy—come and say hello. 别害羞,过来问个好。 She was too shy to ask anyone for help. 她太腼腆,不愿向任何人求助。 As a teenager I was painfully shy. 我十几岁的时候腼腆得很。 - shy around/with somebody
She's very shy with adults. 她在大人面前很拘束。 a quiet, shy man 不大说话、腼腆的人
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesb1, Feelingsb1She was terribly shy around strangers. 有陌生人在的时候她特别害羞。 She went all shy and hid behind her mother. 她变得非常害羞,躲到了妈妈身后。 You don't have to be shy with me, you know. 要知道你在我面前不必有顾虑。 She felt suddenly shy as the large crowd fell silent. 当一大群人陷入沉默时,她突然感到害羞。
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showing that somebody is nervous or embarrassed about meeting and speaking to other people 显得腼腆的;看着羞怯的 a shy smile 腼腆的微笑 a shy grin/glance 害羞的笑/瞥 his shy demeanour/temperament 他害羞的举止/气质
(of animals )动物 easily frightened and not willing to come near people 怕人的;易受惊的;胆小的 - [not before noun]
(used especially in negative sentences )尤用于否定句 afraid of doing something or being involved in something 害怕(做);对(做)…心怀顾忌 - [not before noun] shy (of something) (especially North American English, informal)
not having quite the amount that is needed to be something or to reach a particular figure 欠缺;不足;未达到;不够 - -shy
(in compounds )构成复合词 avoiding or not liking the thing mentioned see also gun-shy躲避(或不喜欢)…的
Word OriginOld English scēoh ‘(of a horse) easily frightened’, of Germanic origin; related to German scheuen ‘shun’, scheuchen ‘scare’; compare with eschew. The verb dates from the mid 17th cent.
Idioms
fight shy of something/of doing something
once bitten, twice shy
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after an unpleasant experience you are careful to avoid something similar 一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳