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shy adj.腼腆的；胆怯的；害羞的 (1) 在晚会上他很腼腆，没有和任何人讲话。(2) 他只注意到她的甜甜的、腼腆的脸。(3) 我们不应回避艰苦的工作。(4) 这个害羞的女孩不敢提出反驳意见。 Someone who's extremely shy might blush or stammer when talking to a group of people. Shy can also mean "tending to avoid," like when someone is "camera shy," or if they "shy away" from being straightforward. The Old English root scēoh, "easily frightened," originally only referred to a horse, and came from a Germanic root meaning "scare."

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英 [ʃaɪ] 美 [ʃaɪ] (1) He was too shy to talk to anyone at the party.(2) He only saw her sweet, shy face.(3) We must not fight shy of hard work.(4) The shy girl was afraid to contradict. Parties are not much fun for a shy person. Shy means being nervous around other people, especially in a social situation. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]害羞的；腼腆的；怕生的 A shy person is nervous and uncomfortable in the company of other people. 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.他见到女人就十分害羞。shylyThe children smiled shyly.孩子们害羞地笑了。shynessEventually he overcame his shyness.最终他克服了自己的羞怯。2[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]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.   [oft ADJ of -ing]You should not be shy of having your say in the running of the school.在管理学校方面，你应该毫无顾忌地发表你的意见。3[VERB 动词](马)惊走，惊退 When a horse shies, it moves away suddenly, because something has frightened it.   [V]Llewelyn's stallion shied as the wind sent sparks flying.风一吹来，火星四溅，卢埃林的种马惊跳起来。4[PHRASE 短语]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. 5[PHRASE 短语]竭力避开；尽量避免 If you fight shy of something, you try very hard to avoid it.   [V inflects]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 短语介词]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. ...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。相关词组：shy away from

英语单词	shy
英美音标	英 [ʃaɪ] 美 [ʃaɪ]
中文释义	adj.腼腆的；胆怯的；害羞的
英语例句	(1) He was too shy to talk to anyone at the party. (2) He only saw her sweet, shy face. (3) We must not fight shy of hard work. (4) The shy girl was afraid to contradict.
中文例句	(1) 在晚会上他很腼腆，没有和任何人讲话。 (2) 他只注意到她的甜甜的、腼腆的脸。 (3) 我们不应回避艰苦的工作。 (4) 这个害羞的女孩不敢提出反驳意见。
vocabulary简明	Parties are not much fun for a shy person. Shy means being nervous around other people, especially in a social situation.
vocabulary扩展	Someone who's extremely shy might blush or stammer when talking to a group of people. Shy can also mean "tending to avoid," like when someone is "camera shy," or if they "shy away" from being straightforward. The Old English root scēoh, "easily frightened," originally only referred to a horse, and came from a Germanic root meaning "scare."
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]害羞的；腼腆的；怕生的 A shy person is nervous and uncomfortable in the company of other people. 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. 他见到女人就十分害羞。 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 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]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. [oft ADJ of -ing] You should not be shy of having your say in the running of the school. 在管理学校方面，你应该毫无顾忌地发表你的意见。 3 [VERB 动词](马)惊走，惊退 When a horse shies, it moves away suddenly, because something has frightened it. [V] Llewelyn's stallion shied as the wind sent sparks flying. 风一吹来，火星四溅，卢埃林的种马惊跳起来。 4 [PHRASE 短语]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. 5 [PHRASE 短语]竭力避开；尽量避免 If you fight shy of something, you try very hard to avoid it. [V inflects] 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 短语介词]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. ...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。相关词组： shy away from

Shy Fight Hard Afraid Nervous People Root Adj Graded