shyly

英

美

adv.  羞怯地，胆怯地，小心地

BNC.16706 / COCA.14872

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 害羞的;腼腆的;怕生的
  Ashyperson is nervous and uncomfortable in the company of other people.
  1. She was a shy, quiet-spoken girl...
     她是个害羞、说话轻声细语的女孩。
  2. She was a shy and retiring person off-stage...
     她在现实生活中是个腼腆而且不善社交的人。
  3. He is painfully shy of women.
     他见到女人就十分害羞。
• ADJ-GRADED 犹豫的;不情愿的;害怕的;有所顾忌的
  If you areshy ofdoing something, you are unwilling to do it because you are afraid of what might happen.
  1. You should not be shy of having your say in the running of the school.
     在管理学校方面，你应该毫无顾忌地发表你的意见。
• VERB (马)惊走，惊退
  When a horseshies, it moves away suddenly, because something has frightened it.
  1. Llewelyn's stallion shied as the wind sent sparks flying.
     风一吹来，火星四溅，卢埃林的种马惊跳起来。
• 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳;一回吃亏两回学乖
  You say 'once bitten, twice shy' when you want to indicate that someone will not do something a second time because they had a bad experience the first time they did it.
• PHRASE 竭力避开;尽量避免
  If youfight shy ofsomething, you try very hard to avoid it.
  1. It is no use fighting shy of publicity and then complaining when sponsors pass us by...
     一边对做宣传避之不及，一边又抱怨赞助人与我们擦身而过，这样做是没有用的。
  2. Until now television had fought shy of covering by-elections.
     迄今为止电视台一直竭力避免报道补缺选举。
• PREP-PHRASE 未达到;欠缺;不足;不够
  A number or amount that is justshy ofanother number or amount is just under it.
  1. ...a high-school dropout rate just shy of 53%...
     几近53％的中学辍学率
  2. He died two days shy of his 95th birthday.
     他在离 95 岁寿辰仅差两天时去世了。

英英释义

adv

• in a shy or timid or bashful manner
  1. he smiled shyly
  Synonym:timidlybashfully

双语例句

• Sometimes a daring little fish slips between my fingers, and often a pond-lily presses shyly against my hand.
  有时候，一条勇敢的小鱼会从我的手指间滑过，而睡莲则害羞地挤压着我的手掌。
• She smiled shyly at him. She faced away to hide her blushes.
  她羞怯地向他微笑。她把脸躲开以掩饰羞怯。
• His son smiled somewhat shyly, averted his eyes and replied softly," Me too, Dad. "
  他儿子有点儿害羞地笑了，挪开视线，轻声说道：“我也是，爸爸！”
• How U shyly placed Ur eyes on me!
  你是如此羞涩地凝视着我！
• The girl glanced shyly at the stranger.
  那女孩羞怯地看了陌生人一眼。
• She smiled shyly, because she knew she would have the last laugh on them.
  她羞涩地微笑着，因为她深知她最后会胜过他们。
• The man smiled shyly and nodded at her.
  这个男子腼腆地笑着向她点头问好。
• ″ Oh, yes, Mr. Lincoln, ″ she said shyly.
  哦，是的，林肯先生，她羞怯地说。
• Said the widow, smiling shyly.
  这寡妇含着害羞的微笑说。
• When you are afraid, you may look down shyly.
  当你害怕时，你也许会害羞地往下看。