英语释义

1. easily frightened timid

2. disposed to avoid a person or thing
publicity shy

3. hesitant in committing oneself circumspect

4. sensitively diffident or retiring reserved also expressive of such a state or nature
a shy smile

5. secluded, hidden

6. having less than the full or specified amount or number short
just shy of six feet tall

7. disreputable
gambling hells and shy saloons
— Blackwood's

8. to develop or show a dislike or distaste —usually used with from or away from
an author who shies away from publicity

9. to start suddenly aside through fright or alarm

10. a sudden start aside (as from fright)

11. to make a sudden throw

12. to throw (an object) with a jerk fling

13. the act of shying toss, throw

14. a verbal fling or attack

15. cockshy

16. feeling nervous and uncomfortable about meeting and talking to people

17. showing that you are nervous and uncomfortable about meeting and talking to people

18. tending to avoid something because of nervousness, fear, dislike, etc.

19. not feeling comfortable meeting and talking to people
a shy awkward boy

20. easily frightened timid
a shy kitten

21. showing a dislike of attention
a shy face

22. tending to avoid something or someone
I'm camera shy. Don't take my picture.

23. having less than a full or an expected amount or number
We were shy about ten dollars.

24. to avoid or draw back in dislike or distaste
He shied from publicity.

25. to move quickly to one side in fright
The horse shied at the thunder.

片语

lead biological shied生物防护铅屏

shy away from回避，退缩；躲避；羞于

shy away回避；避开

shied cable屏敝电缆

fight shy of避开

shy of害怕（做）；对（做）……有顾虑；对……畏缩；欠缺；不足；未达到，不够

shied oneself behind躲在……后面

shy girl害羞的女孩

UV-shied抗紫外

shied away from回避，退缩；躲避；羞于

golden shied project金盾工程

Farid shied法西盾

shied block chance避机会座

英汉例句

• Even Lula, who is stratospherically popular, has shied away from openly supporting peace enforcement—and the left still attacked him over Haiti for bending the Brazilian tradition of non-intervention.

  即使声望极高的鲁拉总统也避免公开支持「强制和平」——左派人士还在谴责他在海底行动中的行为违反了巴西「不干涉」传统。

• Prosecutors have shied away from the army「s offences and instead chased up red-shirted arsonists.

  检察官们也回避了军队的罪行，反过头来追捕红衫军纵火犯。

• Seoul has repeatedly vowed 「stern countermeasures」 but has shied from publicly discussing its options until an investigation is over.

  尽管韩国再三誓言将采取「最严厉的对策」，但在调查结果出来之前，一直没有公开自己的立场。

• The range of acceptable masculine roles has changed comparatively little, and has perhaps even narrowed as men have shied away from some careers women have entered.

  广受欢迎的阳刚角色已经变得越来越少，男性羞于步入女性进入的行业，使这一范围更加狭窄。

• The once lucrative high yield market went virtually silent as investors shied away from risky credit instruments.

  由于投资者回避高风险信贷工具，一度获利丰厚的高收益率市场几无声息。

• Early film photographers shied away from capturing night scenes because these require prohibitively long exposures to maintain adequate depth of field, or produced unacceptable amounts of image noise.

  早期胶卷相机使用者对夜间摄影避而远之，原因在于，或者是合适景深所需的长时间曝光无法达到，或者是产生太多噪点。

• Chris never shied away from the front line and his work in Libya was no exception.

  克里斯对战斗第一线从未退缩过，利比亚也不例外。

• But she has always shied away from the attention.

  但她一直刻意回避此类关注。

• But when the inquirers learned what was involved, most of them shied away.

  但当询问者得知涉及的内容时，他们中的多数都回避了。

• Now that the oldest baby boomers are turning 65, he says, their sheer Numbers may attract industries that had earlier shied away.

  当年的婴儿潮最老的人现在已经65岁了，他说，他们十足的数量可能会吸引原来不甩他们的工业生产商。

• And retailers that had previously shied away from online sales altogether may set up virtual shops of their own now that Rakuten has established the demand.

  而且由于乐天市场已经确定顾客有此需求，先前彻底退出网上销售领域的零售商可能会建立起自己的实体商店。

• Swayze had said that he opted not to use painkillers while making The Beast because they would have taken the edge off his performance, but he never shied away from the fact time might be running out.

  斯韦兹说过在制作《野兽》期间他选择不使用止痛药，因为止痛药将会降低他的表演水平，但是他从来没有回避他可能时日不多。

• Businessmen shied away from helping the protesters.

  商人们对帮助抗议者避而远之。

• But Mr Cameron and Mr Gove shied away from allowing firms to profit from running schools that rely on public funds, leaving the state to pay for the premises.

  但是卡梅隆与格夫不允许公司从经营由公共基金资助的学校中获利，这使得政府需要为办学场所支付费用。

• Prosecutors have shied away from the army」s offences and instead chased up red-shirted arsonists.

  公诉人回避了军方的犯罪事实而主要追查红衫军的纵火犯。

• Suppliers have shied away because of added cost. On the other hand, the price of solid state drives is falling fast.

  很多供货商都回绝了这生意因为成本太高，而且固态硬盘的价格又掉很快。

• While Beckham eventually flew the nest and became a global brand, Scholes and Giggs shied away from the limelight and became one-club wonders.

  在贝克·汉姆离开曼联展翅翱翔成为全球明星的时候，斯科尔斯和吉格斯则远离镁光灯最后成为了从一而终的俱乐部传奇。

• The rule has many good provisions mandating control measures that producers must take, but it shied away from requiring that hens be vaccinated.

  该规则对鸡蛋生产必须执行的强制控制措施作出了多项完善规定，但在要求蛋鸡接种问题上却没有直接规定。

• Prosecutors have shied away from the army「s offences and instead chased up red-shirted arsonists.

  检察官回避了军队的罪行，转而追捕红衫军纵火犯。

• The horse shied at the snake on the road.

  那马看到路上的蛇吓得直往后退。

• He will press for conditions, such as lending commitments, which Mr Paulson shied away from.

  他将要求一些条件，比如承诺贷款额，这是保尔森不愿提供的。

• Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, has called for restraint on settlement construction, but has shied away from extending the moratorium.

  以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡要求限制定居建设，但对延长限建令却闭口不谈。

• Although he declared, in his speech announcing the plan, that 「my plan begins by covering every American,」 it didn」t - and he shied away from doing what was necessary to make his claim true.

  虽然他声称，在他的演讲中宣布该计划，说「我的计划是从包括每一个美国人开始的」它不是-该行动时他已经闪了。

相似词

fainthearted懦弱的，胆小的

fearful可怕的；担心的；严重的

fearsome可怕的；害怕的；极大的

scary（事物）可怕的；恐怖的；吓人的；（人）提心吊胆的；引起惊慌的；胆小的

skittish（人）轻佻的，善变的

timid胆小的；羞怯的

timorous胆怯的；胆小的；羞怯的

tremulous胆小的；战栗的；震颤的

相反词

adventuresome冒险性的；爱冒险的

adventurous爱冒险的；大胆的；充满危险的

audacious无畏的；鲁莽的

bold(Bold)人名；(英、德、罗、捷、瑞典)博尔德

daring大胆的，勇敢的

dashing（尤指男子）风度翩翩的，浪漫迷人的；时髦的，流行的

gutsy勇敢的；贪婪的；有种的；胆大的

hardy强壮的人；耐寒植物；方柄凿

venturesome冒险的；危险的；好冒险的

venturous不顾一切的；好冒险的；大胆的