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shyly

/shahy/US // ʃaɪ //UK // (ʃaɪ) //

羞涩地,害羞地,羞怯地,羞涩的

Related Words

reticent沉默寡言,寡言少语,缄默不语,缄默wary谨慎的,警惕,谨慎小心,小心翼翼cautious谨慎的,慎重,慎重的,谨慎diffident心虚的人,心浮气躁,心虚,心浮气燥demure腼腆,假正经的,假正经,假装hesitant犹豫不决,犹豫不决的,趦趄嗫嚅,迟疑不决introverted内向的,内向型,性格内向,内向fearful恐惧的,怵目惊心,恐惧,害怕nervous紧张,忐忑不安,紧张的,紧张不安humble卑微的,谦逊的,谦虚,谦卑的bashful腼腆的,腼腆,羞涩的,羞涩coy腼腆,忸怩作态,腼腆的,忸怩modest谦虚,谦虚的,谦逊的,谦逊sheepish怯懦的,胆小的,胆小如鼠,怯懦circumspect谨慎的,谨慎,审慎的,慎重apprehensive忐忑不安,忐忑不安的,忧虑,忧心忡忡self-effacing谦虚,谦虚谨慎,谦虚的,自谦suspicious可疑的,可疑,多疑,多疑的timid怯懦,懦弱,怯懦的,胆怯afraid害怕,恐惧,惧怕,担心

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    shy·er or shi·er [shahy-er], /ˈʃaɪ ər/, shy·est or shi·est [shahy-ist]. /ˈʃaɪ ɪst/.

    • : bashful; retiring.
    • : easily frightened away; timid.
    • : suspicious, distrustful, or wary: I am a bit shy of that sort of person.The studio made a huge mistake when they cast a horse-shy actor in the cowboy role.This particular inventor was known to be media-shy.
    • : reluctant: She’s never been shy about asking to speak to the manager when she’s unhappy with customer service.
    • : deficient: shy of funds.
    • : short of a full amount or number; scant: We're still a few dollars shy of our goal.He's pretty tall—just an inch shy of six feet.
    • : indebted to the pot.
    • : not bearing or breeding freely, as plants or animals.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    shied [shahyd], /ʃaɪd/, shy·ing.

    • : to start back or aside, as in fear.
    • : to draw back; recoil.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural shies.

    • : a sudden start aside, as in fear.

Phrases

  • shy away from
  • bricks shy of a load
  • fight shy of
  • once bitten, twice shy

Synonyms & Antonyms

as infearfully
Synonyms
nervously紧张地,紧张兮兮地,紧张兮兮,紧张的timidly怯懦地,怯怯地,胆怯地,怯生生地apprehensively忧虑地,忐忑不安地,忐忑地,顾虑重重地diffidently谦虚地,虚心地,谦逊地,谦虚地表示in alarm在报警,在警报中,在警报声中,惊动in fright惊吓,惊恐中,惊魂未定,惊恐万状in terror恐怖中,在恐怖中,惊恐中,恐怖中的shrinkingly萎缩地,缩水的,缩减,缩水timorously定时,及时,及时地,定时地
as inhesitantly
Synonyms
carefully仔细,认真,谨慎,认真地falteringly颤颤巍巍地,颤颤巍巍,颤颤巍巍的,颤颤巍巍地说着
as inmodestly
Synonyms
humbly谦逊地,谦卑地,谦虚地,谦恭地plainly明显地,明显,明确地,明明是quietly悄悄地,静静地,悄悄的,安静地simply只是,只是单纯的,只是简单的,只是简单地bashfully腼腆地,腆着脸,腆着肚子,羞涩地chastely贞洁地,坚贞地,贞节地,坚贞不屈地demurely谦虚地,谦逊地,伪装,佯装diffidently谦虚地,虚心地,谦逊地,谦虚地表示purely纯粹是,纯粹的,单纯的,单纯retiringly退而求其次,隐居地,退而求其次地,即将退休unassumingly毫不客气地,毫不客气地说,平易近人地,毫不费力地unobtrusively毫不掩饰地,毫不起眼地,毫不起眼的,毫不起眼unpresumptuously不加掩饰地,不经意地,不加掩饰,不加掩饰的unpretentiously朴实无华,谦逊地,朴实无华地,朴素virtuously贤惠地,贤能地,贤明地,贤惠

Examples

  • New Orleans Saints Coach Sean Payton has never been shy about his enthusiasm for quarterback Taysom Hill ever since he plucked the then-rookie off the preseason waiver wire in 2017.

  • Now 200 shy of the goal, Ames felt confident the charitable momentum that had carried the drive this far would make up the difference before the giveaway next week.

  • Nestled between stalk and branch, each sprout grows to between half an inch and just shy of two inches in diameter.

  • The one that I flew more than the rest, I feel like I love just shy behind my family.

  • A slender, shy boy with an easy smile, Garcia didn’t like to imagine his future in Guatemala.

  • Eventually, though, some clever person shyly pipes up: “You know, keep one eye on John Kasich.”

  • We start slowly, shyly, and awkwardly just like most teenagers discovering the birds and the bees.

  • Also, after Pearl Harbor and Bataan, it usually shyly follows America's lead in international affairs.

  • When she goes home to her school in India, she says, the kids shyly approach and shake her hand.

  • Another student, in a blue sweater-vest, shyly waited his turn.

  • “I am sure my mother will be glad to meet you and hear all about those old days at Lucknow,” she said shyly.

  • Then after a little pause, she added shyly: "You really think a great deal of—of Allen's ability, don't you, Mother?"

  • Annie had hardly retired, when—a little shyly—the boys entered, uncertain of their reception.

  • He fell asleep, and soon and slowly and ever so dimly the opal light of the prairie dawn crept shyly over the landscape.

  • "I received a letter from him two days ago, as I was leaving Brereton's," answered Marius half shyly.

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