shying的中文翻译是什么意思

ADJ-GRADED害羞的;腼腆的;怕生的

A shy person is nervous and uncomfortable in the company of other people.

• She was a shy, quiet-spoken girl...

  她是个害羞、说话轻声细语的女孩。

• 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。

ADJ-GRADED犹豫的;不情愿的;害怕的;有所顾忌的

If you are shy of doing something, you are unwilling to do it because you are afraid of what might happen.

• 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 horse shies, it moves away suddenly, because something has frightened it.

• 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。

PHRASE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 you fight shy of something, you try very hard to avoid it.

• 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。

• 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 just shy of another number or amount is just under it.

• ...a high-school dropout rate just shy of 53%...

  几近53％的中学辍学率

• He died two days shy of his 95th birthday.

  他在离 95 岁寿辰仅差两天时去世了。