shy

释义

n.

〈口〉尝试；机会；企图；目标

adj.

不足；羞怯的；腼腆的；怕生的

v.

被吓退；被惊走

网络

害羞的；怕羞的；羞涩的

词形变化

第三人称单数：shies 现在分词：shying 过去分词：shied 比较级：shyer 最高级：shyest

常用短语 5 组

shy away from

回避，退缩；躲避；羞于

shy of

对…有顾虑；对…畏缩；缺乏

fight shy of

回避，躲避；避免与…正面接触(或交锋)

shy away

回避；避开

shy girl

害羞的女孩

在例句中理解 33 句

1. The patient laughed. "Yes, " he said. He was dead six days later, a few months shy of his 80th birthday.

   病人笑了。他说，“是的。”他在六天后去世，离他80岁生日只有几个月。

2. This answer just created more questions, but I was too shy to ask them. I took my pre-written questions out of my pocket.

   这个回答让我想起另外的很多问题，但不好意思问出来。我只是从口袋掏出了预先写好的那些问题。

3. Naturally shy, ordinary looking, average scores in study, just like an ugly duckling, I seemed to be the least outstanding one in my class.

   天性害羞，相貌平平，成绩一般，就像一只丑小鸭，我是班上最不起眼的一个。

4. I understand Nature's game­ her prompting to take action as a way of ending any thought that threatens to excite or to pain.

   我懂得大自然耍的是什么把戏——她在暗中怂恿我们采取行动以便结束那些容易令人兴奋或痛苦的思想。

5. At this moment, I obviously a bit shy, but suddenly I remembered the word: do not give up.

   这时，我显然有点胆怯，但我忽然想起古人的一句话：做事不能半途而废。

6. First, ask your doctor for copies of your medical records and test results, and don't be shy about quizzing him on what they mean.

   首先，向医生要份你的医疗记录和检查结果的副本，不要羞于询问这些信息的意思。

7. Well, at first I often feel a bit sad when I leave my mum and dad for a few days, and I 'm quite shy when I 'm with strangers.

   起初，我经常感觉有点悲伤当我离开我的妈妈和爸爸几天，我很害羞和陌生人在一起的时候我是谁。

8. I know how shy I felt when I was overweight, and how much I hated exercising in public.

   我知道我超重时我是多么的害羞，同时我也非常讨厌在公共场所锻炼。

9. She had been a fifteen year - old girl with braces on her teeth, fiercely shy and overweight, a lonely rebel.

   她还是个十五岁的女孩子，牙齿上戴着牙套，非常害羞，体胖，是个孤独的叛逆者。

10. Follow Glad I wasn the only one who equated the word "funneling­ " with "stealing" ­ .

    很高兴我不是唯一一个把“漏斗”一词等同“偷窃”使用的人。

11. Beth was Jo's pet; she was shy, quiet, and very musical. All she ever wanted was to be at home. Later she suffered from a terrible illness.

    贝思是乔的“宠物”，她害羞、安静，热爱音乐，她所希望的生活就是呆在家里，但她后来得了一种可怕的病。

12. The important thing is we've got to be better when we don't have the ball - but the boys aren't shy of hard work.

    重要的是我们得在无球状况下做得更好，不过队员们不会对艰苦的训练而有所畏惧。

13. I remember watching her introduce the former chancellor of the exchequer and his wife to a shy, junior, down-table sub-editor.

    我记得，我亲眼看见她把英国前任财政大臣及其夫人引见给一位害羞、级别较低、坐在下手桌的文字编辑。

14. For instance, if you prefer the fetal position, you might tend to be shy and reserved on the surface, but soft and sensitive on the inside.

    例如，若您喜欢胎儿型体为，您可能倾向于害羞，表面上内向，但是内心温柔体贴。

15. As a painfully shy child, Picard would often cover her eyes when walking into a crowded room.

    她是个极度害羞的姑娘，进入人群拥挤的房间往往会遮住眼不敢看人。

16. But he sat close to Johnson and smiled his shy smile, taking big breathes between bites, as if willing himself to eat as much as he could.

    但是他紧挨着约翰逊坐着，腼腆地笑着，吃得气喘吁吁，好像尽可能地要把所有的食物都吃掉。

17. In the Las Vegas opener, he did not shy away from that shot early, hit a few, then got to the rim easily.

    在拉斯维加斯夏季联赛揭幕战中，一开始他就果断出手，投中了几个，之后的也轻松命中。

18. At this time the sun seem to have lost the reserved and shy, by the slow gait of the following has become firmly.

    这时的太阳似乎失去了矜持和羞涩，由慢吞吞的步态变成了紧紧的追随。

19. "She had been shy and reticent with me, and now . . . she was telling me aloud the secrets of her inmost heart" (W. H. Hudson).

    “她以前和我在一起时很害羞，又沉默寡言，但是现在却大声地对我说出了她最内心的秘密”（W·H·哈德森）。

20. My roommate was interested in a young man in her English-literature class, but she was too shy to let him know.

    我的室友对她英国文学课上的一个年轻人有意思，但又不好意思让他知道。

21. To tell you the truth, I feel so shy each time when I see you and I just act as never mind.

    其实每次看到你自己都会害羞，只是在你面前顾作不在意。

22. "Of course you know already--about May and me, " he said, answering her look with a shy laugh.

    “当然你已经知道了——我和梅的事，”他说，并腼腆地一笑回答她的注视。

23. You don't want her to feel shy about discussing her vagina just because she hates the word.

    你不希望她在谈到她的阴道时感到害羞，只是因为她恨这个单词。

24. My first impression of Ms Li was that she was nervous and shy.

    我对李老师的第一印象是她既紧张又害怕

25. Gordon: You sure are not shy about how much you love money.

    戈登：在有多喜欢金钱方面你确实不害羞。

26. You know, I was kind of a shy kid in many ways, and for me, music was like therapy. It helped me through my teenage years a lot.

    你知道，我在许多方面都很害羞，音乐对我而言犹如一剂良药，帮助我度过少年时代，令我受益匪浅。

27. "He got very shy after that, " she said. "He wasn't the one. "

    “在那之后他变得非常尴尬”，她说，“他不是我想要的那个人。”

28. He had no intellectual respect for religion, but songs of Shy[=a]m[=a], the dark Mother, would bring tears to his eyes.

    他在理智上，对于宗教没有什么尊重，但是《黑母亲之歌》会使他眼里噙满了泪水。

29. Then once you to my grandma, don't years didn't see you, that meet appear so shy, we seem to have ducked each other.

    后来又一次你到我外婆家，就别几年没看到你，那次见面显得那么羞涩，我们似乎都没有正眼相视过。

30. The acts of the body reciprocate thoughts of the mind. Simply act as if you're not shy and your mind will follow suit.

    身体的行为可以反过来影响心灵，只要你能在行为上表现得不害羞，你的心理就会跟着大胆起来。

31. He was a quiet shy man.

    他是个话不多、害羞的男人。

32. a shy smile

    羞怯的微笑

33. As a teenager, I was painfully shy (= extremely shy ) .

    我十几岁时害羞得很。