Timid
['tɪmɪd]
解释:
(noun.) people who are fearful and cautious; 'whitewater rafting is not for the timid'.
(adj.) showing fear and lack of confidence .
阿奇校对--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Wanting courage to meet danger; easily frightened; timorous; not bold; fearful; shy.
乔整理
同义词及近义词：
a. [1]. Timorous, fearful, nervous, skittish, shy, cowardly, pusillanimous, faint-hearted, chicken-hearted, easily frightened, not bold.[2]. Diffident, bashful, retiring, coy, sheepish, shrinking, blushing, shame-faced, over-modest.
阿曼达录入
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Fearful, pusillanimous, shy, diffident, coy, timorous, afraid, cowerly,fainthearted, inadventurous
ANT:Bold, confident, venturesome, courageous, overventuresome, {[ruab]?},audacious
科迪莉亚整理
解释:
adj. fearful: wanting courage: faint-hearted.—n. Timid′ity quality or state of being timid: want of courage.—adv. Tim′idly.—n. Tim′idness.—adv. Timorō′so (mus.) timid hesitating to be so rendered.—adj. Tim′orous timid: indicating fear.—adv. Tim′orously.—n. Tim′orousness.—adj. Tim′orsome (Scot.) easily frightened.
奥罗拉编辑
例句:
- What was there in this simple and somewhat pretty sleeping-closet to startle the most timid? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- And Meg offered her hand with a gesture both affectionate and timid. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- Certainly, in her timid yet earnest advance to friendship, it could not be denied that there was a most exquisite and fairy charm. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- I am not timid generally, but I am always afraid of him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- It is those who injure women who get the most kindness from them--they are born timid and tyrants and maltreat those who are humblest before them. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- The timid little beauty promises in all earnestness to be trustworthy. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Jos, a clumsy and timid horseman, did not look to advantage in the saddle. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- They will have heard all the tumult, Fieldhead and the cottage are so near; and Hortense is timid in such matters--so, no doubt, is Mrs. Pryor. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- The poor soul grew so timid that she actually left off bullying Briggs any more, and clung to her niece, more fond and terrified every day. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- She came up after him, in the usual plain dress, and with the usual timid manner. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- It seems as inevitable that voyaging should make men free in their minds as that settlement within a narrow horizon should make men timid and servile. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Gladly would I give it if I could, but I only know that it was the whim of my timid Viola, and I yielded to it. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- How was she to bare that timid little heart for the inspection of those young ladies with their bold black eyes? 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Perdita, even where she loved, was reserved and timid; Idris was frank and confiding. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- After taking a timid peep at him lying on his back, with his rusty hands under his head for a pillow, his son lay down too, and fell asleep again. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
凯瑟琳编辑