1 ADJ-GRADED 害羞的;腼腆的;怕生的 A shy person is nervous and uncomfortable in the company of other people. 害羞的;腼腆的;怕生的
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She was a shy, quiet-spoken girl.
她是个害羞、说话轻声细语的女孩。
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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。
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He is painfully shy of women. [+ of]
他见到女人就十分害羞。
SYN timid, self-conscious, bashful, reserved
2 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. 犹豫的;不情愿的;害怕的;有所顾忌的
SYN cautious, wary, hesitant, suspicious
3 VERB (马)惊走，惊退 When a horse shies, it moves away suddenly, because something has frightened it. (马)惊走，惊退
SYN recoil, flinch, draw back, start
4 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. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳;一回吃亏两回学乖
5 PHRASE [VERB inflects] 竭力避开;尽量避免 If you fight shy of something, you try very hard to avoid it. 竭力避开;尽量避免
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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。
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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 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. 未达到;欠缺;不足;不够
Phrasal verbs: - shy away from
| Thesaurus | shy Also look up: |
| ADJ. | nervous, quiet, sheepish, uncomfortable; (ant.) confident 1 |
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