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shy

adjective
 
/ʃaɪ/
/ʃaɪ/
(comparative shyer, superlative shyest)
Idioms
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  1.  
     (of people人) nervous or embarrassed about meeting and speaking to other people羞怯的；腼腆的；怕生的 synonym timid
    • 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 Examples
    • She 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。
    Topics Personal qualitiesb1, Feelingsb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • look
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
    preposition
    • around
    • of
    • with
    • …
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  2.  
     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
  3. (of animals动物) easily frightened and not willing to come near people怕人的；易受惊的；胆小的
    • The panda is a shy creature.熊猫是一种胆小的动物。
  4. [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
    • shy of/about something The band has never been shy of publicity.这支乐队一向不惮招摇。
    • shy of/about doing something He disliked her and had never been shy about saying so.他不喜欢她，从来不羞于这样说。
  5. [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
    • We are still two players shy (of a full team).我们还缺两名队员（凑成一支队）。
    • He died before Christmas, only a month shy of his 90th birthday.他在圣诞节前去世了，仅差一个月就满 90 岁。
    • The bill was just shy of $1 million.账单只差100万美元。
  6. -shy
     (in compounds构成复合词) avoiding or not liking the thing mentioned躲避（或不喜欢）…的
    • camera-shy (= not liking to be photographed)不爱照相
    • He's always been work-shy.他总是躲避工作。
    see also gun-shy
    7. 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
  1. to be unwilling to accept something or do something, and to try to avoid it不愿接受（或做）某事；回避；躲避
    • Successive governments have fought shy of such measures.一届接一届政府均不愿采取这些措施。
once bitten, twice shy
  1. (saying) after an unpleasant experience you are careful to avoid something similar一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳

shy

verb
/ʃaɪ/
/ʃaɪ/
[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they shy
/ʃaɪ/
/ʃaɪ/
he / she / it shies
/ʃaɪz/
/ʃaɪz/
past simple shied
/ʃaɪd/
/ʃaɪd/
past participle shied
/ʃaɪd/
/ʃaɪd/
-ing form shying
/ˈʃaɪɪŋ/
/ˈʃaɪɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. shy (at something) (especially of a horse尤指马) to turn away with a sudden movement because it is afraid or surprised被吓退；被惊走
    • My horse shied at the unfamiliar noise.这陌生的声音把我的马惊跑了。
    • Her horse shied violently at a gorse bush.金雀花丛把她的马惊得猛然后退。
    see also coconut shy
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • violently
    preposition
    • at
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    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.

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