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    shy

    • IPA[SHī]

    美式

    • adj.
      being reserved or having or showing nervousness or timidity in the company of other people；slow or reluctant to do (something)
    • v.
      (especially of a horse) start suddenly aside in fright at an object, noise, or movement；avoid doing or becoming involved in (something) due to nervousness or a lack of confidence
    • n.
      a sudden startled movement, especially of a frightened horse.
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    形容詞

    • 1. being reserved or having or showing nervousness or timidity in the company of other people I was pretty shy at school a shy smile
    • ▪ slow or reluctant to do (something) she has never been shy about discussing her efforts to raise aesthetic standards
    • ▪ having a dislike of or aversion to a specified thing not publicity-shy, he offers the camera a friendly look
    • ▪ (of a wild mammal or bird) reluctant to remain in sight of humans otters are very shy animals
    • 2. informal less than; short of he won the championship with a score three points shy of a world record
    • ▪ before he left school just shy of his fourteenth birthday
    • 3. (of a plant) not bearing flowers or fruit well or prolifically.

    動詞

    • 1. (especially of a horse) start suddenly aside in fright at an object, noise, or movement their horses shied at the unfamiliar sight
    • ▪ avoid doing or becoming involved in (something) due to nervousness or a lack of confidence don't shy away from saying what you think

    名詞

    • 1. a sudden startled movement, especially of a frightened horse.

    shied

    • past and past participle of shy

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    shied

    • past and past participle of shy

    Oxford Dictionary

    gun-shy

    • adj.
      (especially of a hunting dog) alarmed at the firing of a gun.

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    gun-shy

    • adj.
      (especially of a hunting dog) alarmed at the report of a gun.

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    coconut shy

    • n.
      a fairground sideshow where balls are thrown at coconuts in an attempt to knock them off stands.

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    work-shy

    • adj.
      (of a person) lazy and disinclined to work: most of them are idle, work-shy, good-for-nothing

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    shy

    • IPA[ʃʌɪ]

    英式

    • adj.
      nervous or timid in the company of other people: I was pretty shy at school a shy smile
    • v.
      (especially of a horse) start suddenly aside in fright at an object, noise, or movement: their horses shied at the unfamiliar sight
    • n.
      a sudden startled movement, especially of a frightened horse.

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    shy

    • IPA[ʃʌɪ]

    英式

    • v.
      fling or throw (something) at a target: he tore the spectacles off and shied them at her
    • n.
      an act of flinging or throwing something at a target.

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    shy

    • IPA[SHī]

    美式

    • v.
      fling or throw (something) at a target: he tore the glasses off and shied them at her
    • n.
      an act of flinging or throwing something at a target.

    Oxford American Dictionary