shy

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An act of throwing.
    — Foker discharged a prodigious bouquet at her, and even Smirke made a feeble shy with a rose, and blushed dreadfully when it fell into the pit
  2. A place for throwing.
    — coconut shy
  3. A sudden start aside, as by a horse.
  4. In the Eton College wall game, a point scored by lifting the ball against the wall in the calx.
  5. A throw-in from the sidelines, using two hands above the head. Scotland
  6. In shinty, the act of tossing the ball above the head and hitting it with the shaft of the caman to bring it back into play after it has been hit out of the field. Scotland
  7. A gibe; a sneer. archaic
动词 v.
  1. To avoid due to caution, embarrassment or timidness. intransitive
    — Courts might tend to shy from limiting Congress under such a vague standard.
  2. To jump back in fear. intransitive
    — The horse shied at the unexpected approach of a motor vehicle.
  3. To throw sideways with a jerk; to fling. transitive
    — to shy a stone
  4. To throw a ball with two hands above the head, especially when it has crossed the side lines in a football (soccer) match. Scotland,intransitive,transitive
  5. To hit the ball back into play from the sidelines in a shinty match. Scotland
形容词 adj.
  1. Easily frightened; timid.
    — The horses of the army, and those of the royal stables, having been daily led before me, were no longer shy, but would come up to my very feet without starting.
  2. Reserved; disinclined to familiar approach.
    — He is very shy with strangers.
  3. Cautious; wary; suspicious.
    — We grant, although he had much wit, / H' was very shy of using it; / As being loth to wear it out, / And therefore bore it not about,
  4. Short, insufficient or less than. informal
    — By our count your shipment came up two shy of the bill of lading amount.
  5. Less likely to reveal whom they will vote for than average, chiefly in the context of the collective effect this has on polling accuracy. UK,US
    — Pollsters need to remember the shy Tory factor.

词形变化

shier comparative shyer comparative more shy comparative shiest superlative shyest superlative most shy superlative shies present,singular,third-person shying participle,present shied participle,past shied past shies plural

词汇关系

近义词
abashed backward bashful bookish coy distant embarrassed hesitant mousy unassertive passive quiet reclusive retiring shamefast sheep-faced sheepish shy submissive timid uncommunicative
反义词
audacious barefaced bold brazen impudent immodest unblushing confident
衍生词
bird-shy book-shy boy-shy call-shy camera-shy car-shy cat-shy cockshy cover-shy crate shy of a load few cards shy of a full deck fight shy fight shy of girl-shy gun-shy gunshy hand-shy head-shy hood-shy look shy love-shy man-shy mouse-shy noise-shy nonshy one card shy of a full deck pee-shy people-shy piss shy shily -shy shy bairns get nowt shy bairns get noot shybie shy bladder shyful shy greenhood shyish shyly shyness shyshark shyster shy Tory water-shy woman-shy workshy work-shy shy away from coconut shy have a shy
相关词
bashful reserved timid demure coy wouldn't say boo to a goose shyness shy person cautious

词源

词源 1
From Middle English shy (“shy”), from Old English sċēoh (“shy”), from Proto-West Germanic *skeuh (“shy, fearful”), from Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“shy, fearful”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian skjou (“shy”), Dutch schuw (“shy”), German scheu (“shy”), Danish sky (“shy”).
Etymology tree
Middle English shy
English shy
词源 2
From Middle English shy (“shy”), from Old English sċēoh (“shy”), from Proto-West Germanic *skeuh (“shy, fearful”), from Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“shy, fearful”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian skjou (“shy”), Dutch schuw (“shy”), German scheu (“shy”), Danish sky (“shy”).
Etymology tree
Middle English shy
English shy
词源 3
From Middle English shy (“shy”), from Old English sċēoh (“shy”), from Proto-West Germanic *skeuh (“shy, fearful”), from Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“shy, fearful”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian skjou (“shy”), Dutch schuw (“shy”), German scheu (“shy”), Danish sky (“shy”).
Etymology tree
Middle English shy
English shy
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