shy

shy /ʃai/
  • tính từ
    • nhút nhát, bẽn lẽn, e thẹn
      • to be shy of doing something: dè dặt không muốn làm việc gì
    • khó tìm, khó thấy, khó nắm
    • (từ lóng) thiếu; mất
      • I'm shy 3d: tôi thiếu ba đồng; tôi mất ba đồng
  • danh từ
    • sự nhảy sang một bên, sự tránh, sự né
    • (thông tục) sự ném, sự liệng
    • to have a shy at thtục
      • cố bắn trúng (mục tiêu); cố lấy cho được (cái gì)
    • thử chế nhạo (ai)
    • động từ
      • nhảy sang một bên, né, tránh
      • (thông tục) ném, liệng

    Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): shyness, shy, shyly


    Xem thêm: diffident, timid, unsure, shy(p)



    shy

    Từ điển Collocation

    shy adj.

    VERBS be, feel, look, seem, sound Please don't be shy?I won't eat you! | become, get, go, grow

    ADV. desperately, excessively, extremely, painfully, terribly, very As a teenager I was painfully shy. | all She went all shy and hid behind her mother. | almost | a bit, fairly, a little, quite, rather, slightly, somewhat | naturally He is a naturally shy, retiring man. | chronically

    PREP. of I was a bit shy of them at first. | with You don't have to be shy with me, you know.


    Từ điển WordNet

      n.

    • a quick throw

      he gave the ball a shy to the first baseman

      v.

    • start suddenly, as from fight
    • throw quickly

      adj.

    • lacking self-confidence; diffident, timid, unsure

      stood in the doorway diffident and abashed

      problems that call for bold not timid responses

      a very unsure young man

    • easily startled or frightened
    • short; shy(p)

      eleven is one shy of a dozen

    • wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things

      shy of strangers


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    English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

    shies|shied|shying|shier|shiest|shyer|shyest
    syn.: bashful coy demure timid

    ant.: bold