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shy的發音和音標：  英音：[?ai]美音：[?a?]
  詞形變化   shier   shiest   shies   shying   shied

shy的意思：
形容詞.
1.  〈俚〉缺少,不足 (of)
2.  怕羞的;羞怯的
3.  膽小的,見人就躲避的
4.  畏縮的;存戒心的,小心的,謹防...的 (of)
5.  不易捉摸的;(話題)難懂的,費解的
動詞.
1.  驚退,驚逸,畏縮 (at)
2.  避開 (away from)
3.  (用石子,球等)亂投 (at)
4.  避開(某人)
名詞.
1.〈口〉嘗試;企圖;目標;機會
2.〈口〉嘲弄
3. (馬)驚退,驚逸
4. 投扔,亂丟

shy的相關詞組：
fight shy of adj. 避開
be shy of 為 ... 難為情,羞于
shy breeder 難孕母畜
once bitten, twice shy 一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井繩。
coconut shy n. -shies 擲球擊
...shy of 對 ... 遲疑,畏縮
work-shy adj. 怕工作的,討厭工作的-
shy comb. 表示"回避的"
gun-shy adj. 怕槍炮聲的,風聲鶴戾的
camera-shy adj. 不喜被拍照的

shy的例句：
We are still a little shy of our quota.
我們離完成定額還差一點點。

To think I did all that; And may I say - not in a shy way, "Oh no, oh no not me, I did it my way".
當我現在想起那一切,我會毫不害羞地說,"哦,不,那不是我,我會用我的方式去做"

He was too shy to talk to anyone at the party.
在晚會上他很靦腆，沒有和任何人講話。

She was too shy to speak to his neighbors, still less speak to the whole class.
她膽小的都不敢和街坊說話,更不用說面對全班發言了

shy的英英解釋：
adj.
1.  nervous and embarrassed in the company of other people, especially people who you do not know; shy behavior shows that someone is nervous or not confident
2.  not willing to do or be involved in something, because it makes you feel nervous or embarrassed
3.  a shy animal is afraid of people and tries to hide from them
v.
1.  if a horse shies, it moves suddenly away from something because it is afraid