My mother, who is just shy of five feet tall, is normally incredibly soft-spoken, but on the rare occasion when she got angry, she was terrifying.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文
Although Leslie's book isn't about politics, he doesn't entirely shy away from the problem.
2017年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B
My mother, who is just shy of five feet tall, is normally incredibly soft-spoken, but on the rare occasion when she got angry, she was terrifying.
2015年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

英语六级真题

En… She did look very neat, very nicely dressed, but… W: But so shy
出自-2013年12月听力原文
Her character in that film is very outgoing and charming, even though in real life, Audrey always described herself as shy and quiet.
2019年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section A
You also hate having your photo taken, and you're very shy.
2017年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

ADJ-GRADED

害羞的;腼腆的;怕生的

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

英汉词典释义

adj.
怕羞的; 腼腆的
Mary is a shy girl. 玛丽是一个害羞的女孩。 The little girl blazed shy. 这个小女孩满脸的羞涩。 The boy is shy of strangers. 这小孩怕陌生人。 She is too shy to go to parties. 她很怕羞, 不敢去参加舞会。
害羞的; 胆怯的
Why is the moon so shy that it never shows us the other side of its face? 月亮为什么那么害羞, 总不给我们看它的那半边脸?
有戒心的, 不喜欢…的
She is shy of speaking in public. 她怯于在公众面前讲话。
〈美〉缺乏的; 不足的
We have a lot of pens, but we're shy on ink. 我们有许多钢笔, 但墨水不够。 We're still ten men shy of a full class. 我们还差十个人才能凑成一个班。
害怕（做）；对（做）……心怀顾忌的（~ of/about doing sth)
欠缺；不足；未达到；不够 (~ of sth)
躲避（或不喜欢）…的
vi.
惊退, 畏缩
The horse shied at the loud noise and threw its rider. 那匹马听到响声吓得向后倒退, 把骑手摔了下来。 Ade bashfully shied. 艾德羞得退缩了。

英英词典释义

Noun
1. a quick throw;
"he gave the ball a shy to the first baseman"
Verb
1. start suddenly, as from fight
2. throw quickly
Adjective
1. lacking self-confidence;
"stood in the doorway diffident and abashed""problems that call for bold not timid responses""a very unsure young man"
2. easily startled or frightened
3. short;
"eleven is one shy of a dozen"
4. wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things;
"shy of strangers"

行业词典

体育：受惊；