Shy
[ʃaɪ]
解释:
(noun.) a quick throw; 'he gave the ball a shy to the first baseman'.
(verb.) throw quickly.
(verb.) start suddenly, as from fright.
(adj.) wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things; 'shy of strangers' .
(adj.) short; 'eleven is one shy of a dozen' .
丹尼校对--From WordNet
解释:
(superl.) Easily frightened; timid; as, a shy bird.
(superl.) Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach.
(superl.) Cautious; wary; suspicious.
(a.) To start suddenly aside through fright or suspicion; -- said especially of horses.
(v. t.) To throw sidewise with a jerk; to fling; as, to shy a stone; to shy a slipper.
(n.) A sudden start aside, as by a horse.
(n.) A side throw; a throw; a fling.
埃尔维斯手打
同义词及近义词:
a. [1]. Coy, reserved, bashful, diffident, timid, sheepish, shame-faced, over-modest.[2]. Cautious, wary, heedful, chary.
n. [1]. Sudden start (as of a horse).[2]. [Colloquial.] Fling, throw.
v. a. Fling, throw, jerk, cast, toss, hurl, FLIRT, chuck, pitch, sling.
v. n. Sheer, start aside.
校对:雷明顿
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Timid, reserved, modest, bashful, Suspicion, shrinking, chary
ANT:Bold, brazen-faced, impudent, audacious, reckless
胡安编辑
解释:
adj. timid: reserved: cautious: suspicious: elusive hard to find.—v.i. to start aside as a horse from fear.—v.t. to avoid:—pa.t. and pa.p. shīed.—n. a sudden swerving aside.—advs. Shy′ly Shi′ly.—ns. Shy′ness Shī′ness (obs.); Shy′ster a tricky lawyer.—Fight shy of (see Fight); Look shy at or on to regard with distrust.
v.t. to fling throw toss.—v.i. to jerk.—n. a throw a fling: a gibe sneer: a trial.
杰里米整理
例句:
- To complete her confusion, she saw Belle nudge Annie, and both glance from her to Laurie, who, she was happy to see, looked unusually boyish and shy. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- Beth was too shy to enjoy society, and Jo too wrapped up in her to care for anyone else. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- The Vicar, after a glass of port, was obliged to hurry away to a meeting, and the shy nephew, who appeared to be an invalid, was packed off to bed. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- They seemed to be numerous, for she shied at every shadow on the road. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- Whenever he is not shying at things, or reaching after a fly, he wants to do that yet. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- We would simply suggest that the practice of vulgar young boys in the gallery of shying peanuts and paper pellets at the tigers, and saying Hi-yi! 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- I had an idea that shying indicated spirit. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- He shies at every thing he comes across, with the utmost impartiality. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Rosa is shyer than before. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Rosa is shyer than ever. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Shyer at some moments than at others, she felt just now no courage at all to join this company. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
吉米编辑