英汉词典

shy 基本解释

• adj. 害羞的；畏缩的，胆怯的
• vi. 投；畏缩；惊退；厌恶
• vt. 投；乱掷
• n. 投掷；惊跳
• n. (Shy)人名；(英)夏伊

shy 词态变化

shy 中文词源

来自古英语 sceoh,害羞的，来自 Proto-Germanic*skiuhwaz,害羞的，畏惧的，可能来自 PIE*skeu, 隐藏，遮盖，词源同 hide,shun.

词源不详，可能来自 shoot 俚语形式，常见于游戏名 coconut shy.

shy 英文词源

shy

shy: Shy ‘timid, reserved’ [OE] goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *skeukhwaz ‘afraid’ (source also of English eschew and skew). It is generally assumed that shy ‘throw’ [18] must have come from it, but the exact nature of the relationship between the two words is not clear. The original application of the verb seems to have been specifically to the throwing of sticks at chickens, and it has been suggested, not altogether convincingly, that its use alludes to the notion of a ‘shy’ cockerel that refuses to fight (there was an 18th- and early 19th-century slang term shy-cock which meant ‘cowardly person’).
=> eschew, skew

shy (adj.)

late Old English sceoh "timid, easily startled," from Proto-Germanic *skeukh(w)az "afraid" (cognates: Middle Low German schüwe, Dutch schuw, German scheu "shy;" Old High German sciuhen, German scheuchen "to scare away"). Uncertain cognates outside Germanic, unless in Old Church Slavonic shchuti "to hunt, incite." Italian schivare "to avoid," Old French eschiver "to shun" are Germanic loan-words. Meaning "lacking, short of" is from 1895, American English gambling slang. Related: Shyly; shyness.

shy (v.1)

"to throw (a missile) with a jerk or toss," 1787, colloquial, of unknown origin and uncertain connection to shy (adj.). Related: Shied; shying.

shy (v.2)

"to recoil," 1640s, from shy (adj.). Related: Shied; shying.

shy 词组搭配

shy 英文释义

1. a quick throw;

"he gave the ball a shy to the first baseman"

shy 双语例句

1. She was a shy, delicately pretty girl with enormous blue eyes.

她是一个害羞、娇美的女孩，长着一双大大的蓝眼睛。

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2. I was something of a wallflower; I was terribly shy.

我算是朵墙花，因为我特别害羞。

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3. He's quiet and a bit on the shy side.

他很安静，略有点害羞。

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4. The publicity-shy singer spoke frankly in his first interview in three years.

这位不喜欢抛头露面的歌手在3年来的首次访谈中畅所欲言。

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5. Her normally shy son had come out of his shell.

她那平时很害羞的儿子已经开始与人交往了。

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shy 实用场景例句

a quiet, shy man

腼腆、不大说话的人

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Don't be shy─come and say hello.

别害羞——过来问个好。

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She was too shy to ask anyone for help.

她太腼腆，不愿向任何人求助。

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As a teenager I was painfully shy .

我十几岁的时候腼腆得很。

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She's very shy with adults.

她在大人面前很拘束。

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a shy smile

腼腆的微笑

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The panda is a shy creature.

熊猫是一种胆小的动物。

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The band has never been shy of publicity.

这支乐队一向不惮招摇。

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He disliked her and had never been shy of saying so.

他不喜欢她，而且从来不忌讳说出来。

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He died before Christmas, only a month shy of his 90th birthday.

他在圣诞节前去世了，仅差一个月就满90岁。

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We are still two players shy (of a full team).

（凑成一支队）我们还缺两名队员。

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camera-shy (= not liking to be photographed)

不爱照相

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He's always been work-shy.

他总是躲避工作。

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My horse shied at the unfamiliar noise.

这陌生的声音把我的马惊了。

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Hugh never shied away from his responsibilities.

该自己承担的责任，休从不回避。

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The newspapers have shied away from investigating the story.

各家报纸纷纷退避，不敢调查详情。

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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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You should not be shy of having your say in the running of the school.

在管理学校方面，你应该毫无顾忌地发表你的意见。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Llewelyn's stallion shied as the wind sent sparks flying.

风一吹来，火星四溅，卢埃林的种马惊跳起来。

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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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

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...a high-school dropout rate just shy of 53%...

几近53％的中学辍学率

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He died two days shy of his 95th birthday.

他在离 95 岁寿辰仅差两天时去世了。

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