1 nervous and uncomfortable about meeting and speaking to people; showing that sb feels like this 害臊的;羞怯的;腼腆的:
She's very shy with strangers.她很怕生。a shy smile羞怯的一笑
2shy (of/about sth/doing sth) frightened to do sth or to become involved in sth 害怕做或參與某事:
She's not shy of telling people what she thinks.她敢於把自己的想法告訴别人。 ➔shylyadv➔shynessnoun [U]:
He didn't overcome his shyness till he had left school.他中學畢業以後才克服了害羞的毛病。
shy²
/ʃaɪ ||; ʃaɪ/verb
(present participleshyingthird person singular presentshies;past tensepast participleshied) [I] (used about a horse) to suddenly move back or sideways in fear (指馬)因驚慌而退避
shy away from sth/from doing sth to avoid doing sth because you are afraid (因害怕而)避開,回避,退縮
shy1/ʃaI; ʃaI/adj 1 nervous and embarrassed about meeting or talking to other people 羞怯的﹐腼腆的: +with She's painfully shy with strangers. 她在陌生人面前害羞得很。He's too shy to speak up for himself. 他太腼腆﹐不敢爲自己說話。see box at見 CONFIDENT 方框2 unwilling to do or get involved in something 遲疑的﹐不情願的: not be shy about (doing) sth John has strong views, and he's not shy about voicing them. 約翰的觀點很強烈﹐而且他毫不遲疑地把它們說出來。publicity shy/camera-shy He's publicity shy and rarely gives interviews. 他不喜歡抛頭露面﹐很少接受采訪。 —shyly adv —shyness n [U]: I gradually overcame my shyness. 我逐漸克服了羞怯感。
shy2v [I] shied , shying , shies if a horse shies, it suddenly moves away from something because it is frightened〔馬〕驚退﹐驚跳shy away from sthphr v to avoid doing something because you are nervous or lack confidence〔因緊張或缺乏信心而〕回避﹐避開: He shies away from any sort of responsibility. 他總是回避任何責任。
shyshyshiesshiedshyingshyershyestadjective (shyer, shyest)not able to talk easily to people you do not know: He was too shy to speak to her.a shy smile▶ shynessnoun (no plural): As a child she suffered from terrible shyness.