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adj.
(形容詞)
- 怕羞的,靦腆的 timid and nervous in the presence of others; reserved
- 膽怯的 (of animals, birds, etc.) unwilling to be seen or be near to humans; easily frightened
- 有戒心的,不喜歡…的 wary or afraid of (a person or an action)
- 缺乏的,不足的 lacking; short
v.
(動詞)
- vi. 驚退,畏縮 (usually of a horse) turn aside or hold back in fear or alarm
adj.
形容詞
- 怕羞的,膽小的,羞怯的,顯得靦腆的
- 欠缺,不足,未達到,不夠
- 躲避…的,害怕(做),對(做)…心懷顧忌,畏縮的
- 存戒心的,小心的,謹防...的
- 不易捉摸的
n.
名詞
- 驚退,驚逸,驚跳,驚避
- 投扔,投擲
- 亂丟
- <口>嘲弄,諷刺,抨擊
- <口>嘗試
- 企圖
- 目標
- 機會
v.
動詞
- (尤指馬)畏避,回避,躲避,畏縮,避開,避免做
- 驚退,驚跳,驚逸,嚇一跳
- 厭惡
- <口>投,扔,投擲,亂擲,亂投
- 膽怯,受驚
Noun:
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a quick throw;
"he gave the ball a shy to the first baseman"
Adjective:
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lacking self-confidence;
"stood in the doorway diffident and abashed"
"problems that call for bold not timid responses"
"a very unsure young man"
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short;
"eleven is one shy of a dozen"
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wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things;
"shy of strangers"
Verb:
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start suddenly, as from fright
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throw quickly
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用作形容詞 (adj.)
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He was too shy to talk to anyone at the party.
在晚會議上他很扭扭捏捏,還沒有和任何的人致辭。
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He only saw her sweet, shy face.
他只留意到她的寶寶的、害羞的臉。
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We must not fight shy of hard work.
當我們不可避免困苦的運作。
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The shy girl was afraid to contradict.
這是靦腆的姑娘難以系統闡述辯解意見書。
用作形容詞 (adj.)
作為定語
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Mary is a shy girl.
瑪麗不是個出很害羞的女童。
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She gave him a shy smile.
她對他羞答答地淡淡笑道。
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His low voice and shy look soon made him a favourite among his colleagues.
他低低的噪聲和羞怯的文字表情越快使他成為了受女同事比較如果喜歡的話。
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This young scholar is of a shy modesty and excessive fear of offence which often obscured his real worth.
有位年輕有為的歷史學家都有一類苛求羞怯的謙虛和過多恐懼沒禮貌人的人性,這個都遮住了他的確實價格。
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Just before the night fell, there was a shy knock on the door.
就在夜幕來臨先前,回蕩一身輕柔地的上門來聲。
充當表語
S+be+~
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The little girl blazed shy.
這一個小女童臉上的害羞。
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Many of the 18 contestants were looking a little shy.
那18位競爭對手者基本上都數看進行去有一點靦腆。
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We're still two tickets shy.
我國還差幾張票。
S+be+~+ prep .-phrase
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Jack is shy with strangers and bold with people he knows well.
杰克在陌生的人身前怕羞,但和熟人之間在在一塊時則無拘束。
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The dog is shy of strangers.
這狗怕搔擾人。
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She's shy of buying shares.
她沒有勇氣買股要。
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The child was shy of telling the truth.
那兒子怯于說實話。
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Don't be shy of telling us the truth.
來告訴各位真面目,不必不能喻意。
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He's always very shy of approaching his chief.
他是怯于親近他的長官。
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We have a lot of pens, but we're shy on ink.
各位有一些鋼筆,但墨汁不能。
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We're still ten men shy of a full class.
我們大家還少幾個優秀人才能組合成一款班。
S+be+too ~+to- v
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He was too shy to speak to her.
他很怕羞,連話都無法和女朋友說。
S+be+~+that-clause
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The Australian lyre-bird is so shy that even bushmen rarely see one.
馬來西亞琴鳥很怯生,及時墾荒者亦難見一時。
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Why is the moon so shy that it never shows us the other side of its face?
星星和月亮為啥子這樣羞澀,總不給自己們看它的那一邊 臉?
用作動詞 (v.)
作為不抵物形容詞
S+~(+A)
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The little colt shied at the fence and refused to jump over it.
這匹小馬駒到阻礙物前會不知道,不知道跳出去。
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The horse shied at the loud noise and threw its rider.
那匹馬看到那異響驚得向后退后,把騎單車的人摔了了。
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Ade bashfully shied.
艾德羞得放棄了。
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The blighter is as shy as a wood-nymph.
出自于: J. Buchan
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Kruger National Park, where the animals have ceased to be shy.
來源于: R. Campbell
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She had seemed to want to take her in, then she had shied at her.
來源于: H. James
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That..oblivion from which..thoughts unconsciously shy.
產自: E. Glyn
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Shying at the sticks better than any man in the army.
出至: Thackeray
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Shying quick stones to keep the beasts in line.
出處: P. Matthiessen
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用作形容詞 (adj.)
- fight shy of
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避開… avoid sb/sth; be unwilling to undertake (a task) or confront sb
- once bitten, twice shy
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一次被咬,下次膽小; 一次上當,下次小心,一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井繩 after an unpleasant experience one is careful to avoid sth similar
用作動詞 (v.)
- shy away from (v.+adv.+prep.)
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(由于羞怯或恐懼等)躲開或避開 avoid or move away from sth/doing sth (usually because of shyness, fear, etc.)
shy away from sth/v-ing
She's always shied away from close friendships.
她總是避免與人深交。
The girl shied away from looking the strange man in the eye.
這女孩很害羞,不敢正視那個陌生人。
用作形容詞 (adj.)
~+名詞
~+介詞
用作動詞 (v.)
~+副詞
~+副詞+介詞
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adj. (形容詞)
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shy用作形容詞的基本意思是“怕羞的,靦腆的”,既可用于指人,也可指行為,如羞怯的表情、微笑等(實際上是間接地修飾有關人的)。還可指鳥獸等“膽怯的”“易受驚的”。
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shy還可作“有戒心的,不喜歡…的”解,此時常與of連用,其后可接名詞或動名詞。
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shy作“缺乏的,不足的”解時主要用于美式英語,在句中一般用作表語,無比較級和最高級。用于其他詞義時,則有比較級和最高級,分別為shyer, shyest。
v. (動詞)
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shy可用作不及物動詞,主要用于馬等受驚而畏縮不前,偶爾也可用于人,指“(因害羞而)退縮”。
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shy常用于shy away from短語中,此時通常以人作主語,意為由于羞怯或恐懼等而“躲開”或“避開”。
adj. (形容詞)
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他并不怯于提建議。
誤 He was not shy about offering suggestions.
正 He was not shy of offering suggestions.
析 be shy of是固(gu)定短語,表(biao)示“不好意思(做(zuo)某事)”或“對…存有(you)戒心(xin)”其中的(de)介詞(ci)不可(ke)用about代替。
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這種動物人們不常見到,因為它是一種膽子極小的動物。
誤 This animal is not often seen by man, as it is an extremely nervous creature.
正 This animal is not often seen by man, as it is an extremely shy creature.
析 指鳥(niao)類等“膽怯的(de)”“易(yi)受驚的(de)”通常(chang)用shy而(er)不用nervous來(lai)形容。
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