shy
音標發(fā)音
- 英式音標 [?a?]
- 美式音標 [?a?]
- 國際音標 [?ai]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- adj. 害羞的；畏縮的，膽怯的
- vi. 投；畏縮；驚退；厭惡
- vt. 投；亂擲
- n. 投擲；驚跳
- n. (Shy)人名；(英)夏伊
詞源解說
- 直接源自晚期古英語的sceoh，意爲羞怯的。
用法辨析
- shy用作形容詞的基本意思是“怕羞的,靦腆的”,既可用於指人,也可指行爲,如羞怯的表情、微笑等(實際上是間接地脩飾有關人的)。還可指鳥獸等“膽怯的”“易受驚的”。
- shy還可作“有戒心的,不喜歡…的”解,此時常與of連用,其後可接名詞或動名詞。
- shy作“缺乏的,不足的”解時主要用於美式英語,在句中一般用作表語,無比較級和最高級。用於其他詞義時,則有比較級和最高級,分別爲shyer, shyest。
- shy可用作不及物動詞,主要用於馬等受驚而畏縮不前,偶爾也可用於人,指“(因害羞而)退縮”。
- shy常用於shy away from短語中,此時通常以人作主語,意爲由於羞怯或恐懼等而“躲開”或“避開”。
adj. (形容詞)
v. (動詞)
英漢例句
- Mary is a shy girl.
瑪麗是一個害羞的女孩。 - The little girl blazed shy.
這個小女孩滿臉的羞澁。 - Jack is shy with strangers and bold with people he knows well.
傑尅在陌生人麪前怕羞,但和熟人在一起時則無拘無束。 - He was too shy to speak to her.
他很怕羞,連話都不敢跟她說。 - The Australian lyre-bird is so shy that even bushmen rarely see one.
澳大利亞琴鳥很怯生,即使墾荒者亦難得一見。 - The little colt shied at the fence and refused to jump over it.
這匹小馬駒到障礙物前會害怕,不敢跳過去。
用作形容詞 (adj.)
用作定語: ～+ n.
用作表語: S+be+～
S+be+～+ prep .-phrase
S+be+too ～+to- v
S+be+～+that-clause
用作動詞 (v.)
用作不及物動詞: S+～(+A)
詞組短語
- shy bird 易受驚的鳥
- shy girl 害羞的女孩
- shy smile 羞怯的微笑
- shy about 不敢做…的,對…害羞的
- shy about singing 不好意思唱歌
- shy of 對…有顧慮；對…畏縮；缺乏
用作形容詞 (adj.)
～+名詞
～+介詞
英英字典
- (NERVOUS) nervous and uncomfortable with other people
- (LESS) less than
- (HORSES) (of a horse) to suddenly move sideways or backwards, especially because of fear
- (THROW) to throw something suddenly, often in a sideways movement
- A shy person is nervous and uncomfortable in the company of other people.
- shyly
- If you are shy about or shy of doing something, you are unwilling to do it because you are afraid of what might happen.
- to move suddenly, as from fear
- a sudden movement, as from fear
- to throw (something) with a sideways motion