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shy adj.害羞的;怕羞的;害怕（做）;<美>缺乏的;vi.惊退，畏缩;避开（某人）;（用石子，球等）乱投;n.投掷;（马）惊退，惊逸;投扔，乱丢; noun:shyness~third:shies~done:shied~pl:shies~est:shyest~adv:shyly~ing:shying~er:shyer~past:shied~

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英[ʃaɪ]  美[ʃaɪ] ADJ-GRADED害羞的;腼腆的;怕生的A shy person is nervous and uncomfortable in the company of other people.例：She was a shy, quiet-spoken girl...她是个害羞、说话轻声细语的女孩。例：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。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.例：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。VERB(马)惊走，惊退When a horse shies, it moves away suddenly, because something has frightened it.例：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。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.PHRASE竭力避开;尽量避免If you fight shy of something, you try very hard to avoid it.例：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。例：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。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.例：...a high-school dropout rate just shy of 53%...几近53％的中学辍学率例：He died two days shy of his 95th birthday.他在离 95 岁寿辰仅差两天时去世了。

单词	shy
音标	英[ʃaɪ] 美[ʃaɪ]
解释	adj.害羞的;怕羞的;害怕（做）;<美>缺乏的;vi.惊退，畏缩;避开（某人）;（用石子，球等）乱投;n.投掷;（马）惊退，惊逸;投扔，乱丢;
例句	ADJ-GRADED 害羞的;腼腆的;怕生的 A shy person is nervous and uncomfortable in the company of other people. 例：She was a shy, quiet-spoken girl...她是个害羞、说话轻声细语的女孩。例：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。 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. 例：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。 VERB (马)惊走，惊退 When a horse shies, it moves away suddenly, because something has frightened it. 例：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。 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. PHRASE 竭力避开;尽量避免 If you fight shy of something, you try very hard to avoid it. 例：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。例：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。 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. 例：...a high-school dropout rate just shy of 53%...几近53％的中学辍学率例：He died two days shy of his 95th birthday.他在离 95 岁寿辰仅差两天时去世了。
变形	noun:shyness~third:shies~done:shied~pl:shies~est:shyest~adv:shyly~ing:shying~er:shyer~past:shied~

Shy Adj Graded Person 例：She Phrase Time Number Amount