Слово англійською: shy

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Переклад shy українською: сором'язли́вий, соромли́вий, несміли́вий, боязки́й

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shy

adjective
/ʃaɪ/
(comparative shyer, superlative shyest)
  1. (of people) nervous or embarrassed about meeting and speaking to other people synonym timid
    • He is not exactly the shy and retiring type.
    • Don't be shy—come and say hello.
    • She was too shy to ask anyone for help.
    • As a teenager I was painfully shy.
    • shy around/with somebody She's very shy with adults.
    • a quiet, shy man
  2. showing that somebody is nervous or embarrassed about meeting and speaking to other people
    • a shy smile
    • a shy grin/glance
    • his shy demeanour/temperament
  3. (of animals) easily frightened and not willing to come near people
    • The panda is a shy creature.
  4. [not before noun] (used especially in negative sentences) afraid of doing something or being involved in something
    • shy of/about something The band has never been shy of publicity.
    • shy of/about doing something He disliked her and had never been shy about saying so.
  5. [not before noun] shy (of something) (especially North American English, informal) not having quite the amount that is needed to be something or to reach a particular figure
    • We are still two players shy (of a full team).
    • He died before Christmas, only a month shy of his 90th birthday.
    • The bill was just shy of $1 million.
  6. -shy
     (in compounds) avoiding or not liking the thing mentioned
    • camera-shy (= not liking to be photographed)
    • media-shy (= not liking to be photographed, filmed or interviewed by the media)
    • He's always been work-shy.
    see also gun-shy
    7. Word OriginOld English scēoh ‘(of a horse) easily frightened’, of Germanic origin; related to German scheuen ‘shun’, scheuchen ‘scare’; compare with eschew. The verb dates from the mid 17th cent.
Idioms
fight shy of something/of doing something
  1. to be unwilling to accept something or do something, and to try to avoid it
    • Successive governments have fought shy of such measures.
once bitten, twice shy
  1. (saying) after an unpleasant experience you are careful to avoid something similar
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