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

• Meanwhile, Colombian diplomats say Chinese state-owned groups have shied away from directly competing in large infrastructure tenders.
  同时，哥伦比亚外交官表示，中国国有企业已避开了对大型基建项目招标竞争的直接参与。
• I've never shied away from hard work.
  我从不在困难的工作前退缩。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They seemed to be numerous, for she shied at every shadow on the road.
  幻象似乎频频出现，因为她每见了路上一个黑影都要吓得倒退。
• The boy shied a stone at the dog.
  男孩向狗扔了一块石头。
• He shied away abruptly from the reflection of her contorted face and went along the street.
  他突然躲开那张变形的脸，沿街走了起来。
• Supporting brands will call for big advertsing budgets, something the industry has never shied from.
  打造品牌意味着大规模的广告预算，而这一点是护肤品行业从不厌恶的。