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

• Her appointed companion did not pretend to escort her: he shied off by the roadside, and vanished.
  她那被指定陪她的伴侣并没装出护送她的样子：他畏怯地走向路边，溜掉了。
• Major financial media have shied away from fully addressing this reality.
  主流金融媒体并未充分反映这一现实。
• 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。
• She shied away from meeting his eyes.
  她羞怯地避开他的双眼。
• 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。
• All the others were talking and laughing happily while she shied away from being the centre of attention.
  所有其他的人都在谈笑风生，而她却避免成为注意的中心。
• Many companies from China and India have shied away from us listings due to concerns over stringent regulatory and reporting requirements under Sarbanes Oxley legislation.
  由于对《萨班斯-奥克斯利法》（sarbanes-oxley）严格的监管和报告要求心存忧虑，许多中国和印度公司选择不在美国上市。
• The animal shied the moment it began to see things.
  牲口一眼离就惊了。
• The boy shied a stone at the dog.
  男孩向狗扔了一块石头。
• The boys shied away from our questions.
  男孩们回避了我们的问题。