shied

英 [ʃaɪd]

美 [ʃaɪd]

v.  被吓退; 被惊走
shy的过去分词和过去式

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。

双语例句

• The little girl shied in fright at the horrible movie scene.
  小女孩看到可怕的电影镜头时，吓得畏缩。
• I've never shied away from hard work.
  我从不在困难的工作前退缩。
• They shied away from buying the house when they learnt the full price.
  知道这所房子顶高的价钱，他们不买了。
• I've always shied away from close friendships.
  我总是避免与人深交。
• The animal shied the moment it began to see things.
  牲口一眼离就惊了。
• He was shied away from personal revelations in interviews and writings.
  他在谈话和文章中也避而不谈自己的经历。
• Washington has also shied away from cautioning Beijing against attempts to change the territorial status quo forcibly.
  华盛顿方面还避免就中方强行改变领土现状的企图发出警告。
• The horse started to trot and suddenly shied as the white man threw up his hand.
  这马刚刚走步，因那白人伸手一拦，便又突然愣住了。
• 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。
• I shied away from the subject because it felt belittling to my efforts to admit that some ─ a lot?
  我回避这个问题，是因为这感觉就像贬低我的努力，承认我的某些&许多？